Research Books - Page 11

Strategies of Political Inquiry (SAGE Focus Editions)

List Price: $63.50 By: Sage Publications, Inc Amazon Marketplace: 3 new & used starting at $20.88

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Social Sciences -> Political Science -> Research
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Social Sciences -> Political Science -> General
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Social Sciences -> Political Science -> General AAS

Editorial Review:

The essays in this volume, written by leading political scientists, express discontent with the prevailing basis of political studies. They find that the acceptance of a logical positivist view of what makes a valid theory has led to a concentration on questions of method. How to describe political relationships quantitatively, how to measure and compare patterns of policy and behaviour: these are the kind of topics that have concerned researchers not dedicated solely to qualitative methods. They are seeking, still, an empirical foundation for political science, clear cut and consistent patterns that are repeated often enough in the data to need theories to account for them.

Studies of the Policy Process: A Case Analysis

Michael Marinetto

List Price: $55.01 By: Prentice Hall Amazon Marketplace: 3 new & used starting at $44.45

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Current Events -> Poverty -> Social Services & Welfare
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Politics -> General
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Politics -> General AAS

The Thinking Game: A Guide to Effective Study (Chatham House Studies in Political Thinking)

Eugene J. Meehan

Amazon Price: $30.95 List Price: $30.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Chatham House Publishers Amazon Marketplace: 9 new & used starting at $9.88

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> College & University -> General
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> College & University -> General AAS
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> Education Theory -> Administration

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

The best book on Critical Thinking I have ever seen. 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This is the true use of critical thinking written by a political scientist. It presents a down to earth practical application of critical thinking. The type of thinking we all should use to make inportant choices.

essential reading 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This book should be the standard text of a course in critical thinking taught in every high school in this country. The citizens of the United States need a book like this as a way of teaching people how to sort out the deluge of opinion and cant that spews out of every orifice of the media. Somebody please get this book back into print!

Produces infantilism. 1 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

Having been forced to use this in a college course, I can say that this is perhaps the worst college text I have ever seen. Meehan's pseudo-scientific breakdown of decisions into different factors would have been laughable had I not been assigned his questions, which simply asked us to summarize topic sentence of various paragraphs. Indeed the greatest irony is that a book on critical thinking asked no questions that actually required critical thinking, only the ability to summarize.

Don't inflict this book on your students.

Editorial Review:

This text provides a generalized framework for understanding how knowledge is developed, acquired, tested, and applied to human affairs, enabling the reader to evaluate and criticize the thinking process.

Analyzing Social and Political Change: A Casebook of Methods

Amazon Price: $87.60 List Price: $120.00 Usually ships in 2 to 5 weeks By: Sage Publications Ltd Amazon Marketplace: 12 new & used starting at $87.60

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Social Sciences -> Political Science -> Research
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Social Sciences -> Research
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Social Sciences -> Sociology -> General

Editorial Review:

This is a clear and accessible guide to quantitative methods for the analysis of change over time. Examining both the potential and the problems of relevant methods of analysis, it will be invaluable to researchers across a range of social sciences.

Understanding change over time is a central concern for research in sociology, political science, education, geography and related disciplines. It is also an issue which presents significant methodological problems, in response to which different techniques have been developed - for example, time series analysis, multilevel models, log-linear models and event history analysis. Outlining the nature of such techniques, this collection covers: the respective values of cross-sectional and longitudinal data in the analysis of change; the variety of methods available for the analysis of change over time; the types of research objective to which various techniques are suited; the limitations and constraints of individual methods; and the different philosophies which underlie particular approaches.

Demonstrating the application of quantitative and statistical techniques across a broad sweep of disciplines Analyzing Social and Political Change will be an essential support for all those engaged in the study of social change.

Clio & the Bitch Goddess: Quantification in American Political History (New Approaches to Social Science History)

Allan G. Bogue

List Price: $29.95 By: Sage Publications, Inc Amazon Marketplace: 3 new & used starting at $22.95

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Children's Books -> History & Historical Fiction -> General
Subjects -> Children's Books -> History & Historical Fiction -> General AAS
Subjects -> History -> Americas -> United States -> General AAS

Experimental Foundations of Political Science (Michigan Studies in Political Analysis)

Amazon Price: $80.00 List Price: $80.00 Usually ships in 10 to 13 days By: University of Michigan Press Amazon Marketplace: 8 new & used starting at $39.98

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Politics -> General
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Politics -> General AAS
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Social Sciences -> Political Science -> Research

Editorial Review:

Shows the range and power of experimental methods in political science.

Micro-Macro Dilemmas in Political Science: Personal Pathways Through Complexity

Heinz Eulau

List Price: $49.95 By: University of Oklahoma Press Amazon Marketplace: 27 new & used starting at $2.08

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Politics -> General
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Politics -> General AAS
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Social Sciences -> Political Science -> Research

Political Science Volume 3: Political Behavior

Amazon Price: $18.95 List Price: $18.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Northwestern University Press Amazon Marketplace: 21 new & used starting at $0.01

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Government -> Elections
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Politics -> General
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Politics -> General AAS

Private Desires, Political Action: An Invitation to the Politics of Rational Choice

Michael John Laver

Amazon Price: $114.00 List Price: $114.00 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Sage Publications Ltd Amazon Marketplace: 9 new & used starting at $22.97

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Politics -> History & Theory
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Politics -> General
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Politics -> General AAS

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 2.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

Private Desires, Political Action is an accessible overview of one of the most important approaches to the study of politics in the modern world - rational choice theory. Michael Laver does not set out to review this entire field, but rather to discuss how we might use rational choice theory to analyze the political competition that affects almost every aspect of our lives.

The comprehensive and broad-ranging scope of the book introduces the theory at many levels of analysis, including the private desires of individuals; the social context of how people fulfil their desires; the problems of collective action. The discussion of these problems extends into the arena of politics where the activities of `political entrepreneurs' or politicians and the formation of political parties and coalitions are addressed.

Private Desires, Political Action provides a masterly and exceptionally clear survey of this fast expanding and sometimes difficult field of political science. Laver's elegant and witty prose is enriched throughout by vivid examples that illustrate themes and points of discussion. It will be invaluable reading for students and researchers alike.

Informes Nacionales Y Subregionales De Politica Cientifica Y Technolgica in America... (Estudios Y Documentos De Politica Cientifica, No 54) (Spanish Edition)

Amazon Price: $15.75 List Price: $15.75 In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served. By: United Nations Educational

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Management & Leadership -> Production & Operations
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Foreign Language Nonfiction -> Spanish
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Social Sciences -> Political Science -> Research