Political science research methods in action / edited by Michael Bruter and Martin Lodge.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bruter, Michael, 1975-

Lodge, Martin, 1972-

ProQuest ebook central

Series:

Research methods series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Research--Methodology.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 261 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

1. Introduction: Writer's Block; Michael Bruter and Martin Lodge

PART I: APPROACHING AND MEASURING SOCIAL SCIENCE OBJECTS

2. Measuring the Immeasurable? Capturing Citizens' European Identity; Michael Bruter

3. Decoding Manifestoes and other Political Texts

the Case of Extreme Right Ideology; Sarah Harrison

4. Reaction Time Measures in Implicit Attitudes Research; Brad Verhulst and Milton Lodge

5. Studying Party Choice; Mark Franklin and Maja Renko

6. Into the Archives; Ben Wellings

PART II: MAKING SENSE OF DATA

7. Euro-Visions: An Analysis of Visual Imagery in Television News; Jessica Bain and Natalia Chaban

8. When Access is Restricted: Craftiness and Combining Methods in the Study of a Secretive Elite; Julie Gervais

9. Semi-Structured Interviews and Informal Institutions: Getting Inside Executive Government; Martin Lodge

10. Error-Correction as a Concept and as a Method: Time Series Analysis of Policy-Opinion Responsiveness; Will Jennings

11. Working Backwards? Using Simulation to Sort out Empirical Inconsistencies; Robert Erikson, Aaron Strauss and Michael Bruter

12. Conclusion; Michael Bruter and Martin Lodge.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781137318268 (electronic bk.)

1137318260 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

90100570666

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.