Paul Pennings is Associate Professor of Political Science at the VU University Amsterdam. His research and teaching interests are in the fields of Comparative (European) Politics and Comparative Methods and Statistics. He has publised widely in peer-reviewed academic journals in political science, such as Acta Politica, Electoral Studies, European Journal of Political Research, European Union Politics, Party Politics, Political Studies and Sociological Methods and Research. His recent publications include Doing Research in Political Science. An Introduction to Comparative Methods and Statistics (with Hans Keman and Jan Kleinnijenhuis), London: Sage (2nd edition, 2006) and (with Christine Arnold) Is Constitutional Politics like Politics ‘At Home’? The Case of the EU Constitution, Political Studies 56 (4): 789-806, which was a finalist for the Harrison Prize for the best article published in Political Studies in 2008. Hans Keman is Professor and Chair of Political Science at the Vrije Universiteit in AmsterdamCONTRIBUTORS′ AFFILIATIONS:Klaus Armingeon Institut fuer Politiekwissenschapft, UnitoblerUwe Becker Universiteit van AmsterdamIan Budge University of EssexFrancis Castles The Australian National University, CanberraHans Daalder The HagueSvante Errson Umea UniversitetKees van Kersbergen Katholieke Universiteit NijmegenJan-Erik Lane Universite de GenevePeter Mair Universiteit van LeidenPaul Pennings Vrije UniversiteitManfred Schmidt Current lines of researchNews effectsEconomic news and political news, patterns of agenda-buildingContent Analysis, Semantic Network Analysis

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• PART ONE: COMPARATIVE METHODOLOGY - Hans KemanComparative Methodology and Statistics in Political ScienceThe Comparative ApproachTheory and MethodMeaning and Use of the Comparative MethodResearch DesignPART TWO: STATISTICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE - Jan KleinnijenhuisConcepts, Cases, Data and MeasurementExplorative and Descriptive StatisticsMultivariate Analysis and Causal InferencePART THREE: DOING POLITICAL RESEARCH - Paul PenningsHow Problems AriseHow Decisions Are MadeHow Problems Are Solved

Paul Pennings is Associate Professor of Political Science at the VU University Amsterdam. His research and teaching interests are in the fields of Comparative (European) Politics and Comparative Methods and Statistics. He has publised widely in peer-reviewed academic journals in political science, such as Acta Politica, Electoral Studies, European Journal of Political Research, European Union Politics, Party Politics, Political Studies and Sociological Methods and Research. His recent publications include Doing Research in Political Science. An Introduction to Comparative Methods and Statistics (with Hans Keman and Jan Kleinnijenhuis), London: Sage (2nd edition, 2006) and (with Christine Arnold) Is Constitutional Politics like Politics ‘At Home’? The Case of the EU Constitution, Political Studies 56 (4): 789-806, which was a finalist for the Harrison Prize for the best article published in Political Studies in 2008. Hans Keman is Professor and Chair of Political Science at the Vrije Universiteit in AmsterdamCONTRIBUTORS′ AFFILIATIONS:Klaus Armingeon Institut fuer Politiekwissenschapft, UnitoblerUwe Becker Universiteit van AmsterdamIan Budge University of EssexFrancis Castles The Australian National University, CanberraHans Daalder The HagueSvante Errson Umea UniversitetKees van Kersbergen Katholieke Universiteit NijmegenJan-Erik Lane Universite de GenevePeter Mair Universiteit van LeidenPaul Pennings Vrije UniversiteitManfred Schmidt Current lines of researchNews effectsEconomic news and political news, patterns of agenda-buildingContent Analysis, Semantic Network Analysis

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• PART ONE: COMPARATIVE METHODOLOGY - Hans KemanComparative Methodology and Statistics in Political ScienceThe Comparative ApproachTheory and MethodMeaning and Use of the Comparative MethodResearch DesignPART TWO: STATISTICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE - Jan KleinnijenhuisConcepts, Cases, Data and MeasurementExplorative and Descriptive StatisticsMultivariate Analysis and Causal InferencePART THREE: DOING POLITICAL RESEARCH - Paul PenningsHow Problems AriseHow Decisions Are MadeHow Problems Are Solved

Paul Pennings is Associate Professor of Political Science at the VU University Amsterdam. His research and teaching interests are in the fields of Comparative (European) Politics and Comparative Methods and Statistics. He has publised widely in peer-reviewed academic journals in political science, such as Acta Politica, Electoral Studies, European Journal of Political Research, European Union Politics, Party Politics, Political Studies and Sociological Methods and Research. His recent publications include Doing Research in Political Science. An Introduction to Comparative Methods and Statistics (with Hans Keman and Jan Kleinnijenhuis), London: Sage (2nd edition, 2006) and (with Christine Arnold) Is Constitutional Politics like Politics ‘At Home’? The Case of the EU Constitution, Political Studies 56 (4): 789-806, which was a finalist for the Harrison Prize for the best article published in Political Studies in 2008. Hans Keman is Professor and Chair of Political Science at the Vrije Universiteit in AmsterdamCONTRIBUTORS′ AFFILIATIONS:Klaus Armingeon Institut fuer Politiekwissenschapft, UnitoblerUwe Becker Universiteit van AmsterdamIan Budge University of EssexFrancis Castles The Australian National University, CanberraHans Daalder The HagueSvante Errson Umea UniversitetKees van Kersbergen Katholieke Universiteit NijmegenJan-Erik Lane Universite de GenevePeter Mair Universiteit van LeidenPaul Pennings Vrije UniversiteitManfred Schmidt Current lines of researchNews effectsEconomic news and political news, patterns of agenda-buildingContent Analysis, Semantic Network Analysis

too advanced

• PART ONE: COMPARATIVE METHODOLOGY - Hans KemanComparative Methodology and Statistics in Political ScienceThe Comparative ApproachTheory and MethodMeaning and Use of the Comparative MethodResearch DesignPART TWO: STATISTICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE - Jan KleinnijenhuisConcepts, Cases, Data and MeasurementExplorative and Descriptive StatisticsMultivariate Analysis and Causal InferencePART THREE: DOING POLITICAL RESEARCH - Paul PenningsHow Problems AriseHow Decisions Are MadeHow Problems Are Solved