This book provides a clear, balanced and accessible introduction to a broad range of methodological concepts and techniques. Research methods can be a challenging area of study for undergraduate students, and this text will be an indispensable guide for students of Politics and International Relations at different stages of their degree.Fidelma AsheSenior Lecturer in Politics, the University of Ulster Lisa Harrison and Theresa Callan have succeeded in doing what few authors have hitherto managed! They have written a robust introductory text on research methods in the field of Politics and IR which is both clear and accessible and covers all bases succinctly. This book will be a tremendous resource for undergraduates in the field.Dr Nicholas StartinLecturer in the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies, University of Bath

• IndroductionAction Research Autobiography/Biography ResearchBehaviourialismCase StudiesCausality and CorrelationsComparative MethodConceptsContent AnalysisDeduction/InductionDiscourse AnalysisDocumentary AnalysisEcological FallacyEmpirical AnalysisEpistemologyEthicsEthnography and EthnomethodologyEvidence-based Policy Making (EBPM)Feminism/Feminist MethodologiesFocus GroupsHypothesis-Testing and InferenceInterviewingLevels of MeasurementMethodsMethodologyNarrativesObservationOfficial DataOntologyParadigmPositivismPost-postivismPresenting Quantitative AnalysisPrimary SourcesQualitative MethodsQuantitative MethodsRational-ChoiceRealismReliabilitySamplingSecondary AnalysisSurvey DesignTheoryTriangulationValidityVariablesIndex

This book provides a clear, balanced and accessible introduction to a broad range of methodological concepts and techniques. Research methods can be a challenging area of study for undergraduate students, and this text will be an indispensable guide for students of Politics and International Relations at different stages of their degree.Fidelma AsheSenior Lecturer in Politics, the University of Ulster Lisa Harrison and Theresa Callan have succeeded in doing what few authors have hitherto managed! They have written a robust introductory text on research methods in the field of Politics and IR which is both clear and accessible and covers all bases succinctly. This book will be a tremendous resource for undergraduates in the field.Dr Nicholas StartinLecturer in the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies, University of Bath

• IndroductionAction Research Autobiography/Biography ResearchBehaviourialismCase StudiesCausality and CorrelationsComparative MethodConceptsContent AnalysisDeduction/InductionDiscourse AnalysisDocumentary AnalysisEcological FallacyEmpirical AnalysisEpistemologyEthicsEthnography and EthnomethodologyEvidence-based Policy Making (EBPM)Feminism/Feminist MethodologiesFocus GroupsHypothesis-Testing and InferenceInterviewingLevels of MeasurementMethodsMethodologyNarrativesObservationOfficial DataOntologyParadigmPositivismPost-postivismPresenting Quantitative AnalysisPrimary SourcesQualitative MethodsQuantitative MethodsRational-ChoiceRealismReliabilitySamplingSecondary AnalysisSurvey DesignTheoryTriangulationValidityVariablesIndex