Reg No: HS2016/64
Faculty Board of Arts and Social Sciences
Political Science
Course Reading
Valid from autumn semester 2016
| Course Code: | SVAM01 |
| Course Title: | Methodology and Research Methods in Political Science Statsvetenskaplig metodologi och forskningsmetodik |
| Credits: | 15 |
| Degree Level: | Master |
Books
Djurfeldt, Göran, Larsson, Rolf, Stjärnhagen, Ola.
Statistisk verktygslåda 1: samhällsvetenskaplig orsaksanalys med kvantitativa metoder.
Last edition.
Studentlitteratur:
2010.
Greene, Judith, D'oliveira, Manuela. Learning to use statistical tests in psychology. Open University Press, 2005.
Jorgensen, Marianne W & Louis J Phillips. Discourse Analysis as Theory and Method. SAGE Publications, 2002.
Mason, Jennifer. Qualititative research. Last edition. SAGE Publications, 2002.
Weiss, Robert. Learning from strangers: the art and method of qualitative interview studies. Last edition. Free Press, 1994.
Chapter in a book
"Framing the debate on methodology".
In: Rethinking Social Inquiry.
Edited by Brady, Henry, Collier, David.
Last edition.
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
2010.
Flyvbjerg, Bent. "Methodological guidelines for a reformed social science". In: Making Social Science Matter: Why social inquiry fails and how it can succeed again. Last edition. Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Glynos, Jason, Howarth, David. "Introduction". In: Logics of critical explanation in social and political theory. Last edition. Routhledge, 2007.
Glynos, Jason, Howarth, David. "Retroduction". In: Logics of critical explanation in social and poltical theory. Last edition. Routhledge, 2007.
Harding, Sandra. "Rethinking standpoint epistemology: "What is strong objectivity". In: Feminist Epistemologies. Edited by Alcoff & Potter. 1993.
King, Gary, Keohene, Robert, Verba Sidney. "The science in social science". In: Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative research. Princeton University Press: 1994.
Littig, Beate. "Interviewing the Elite - interviewing Experts: is there a difference?". In: Interviewing experts. Edited by Bogner, A., Littig, B., Menz, W. Last edition. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Articles
Borgotta, Edgar, Bohrnstedt, George.
"Level of Measurement: Once over again".
Sociological Methods & Research.
1980/9/2.
147-160.
Flyvbjerg, Bent. "Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research". Qualitative Inquiry. 2006/12/2. 219-245.
King, Gary. "How Not to Lie with Statistics: Avoiding Common Mistakes in Quantitative Political Science". American journal of Political Science. 1986/30/3. 666-687.
Lijphart, Arendt. "Comparative Politics and the Comparative Method". The American Political Science Review. 1971/65/3. 682-693.
Additional material
Additional material of about 300 pages
Reference
Bacchi, Carol.
Analyzing policy; What's the problem represented to be?.
French Forest: Pearson,
2009.
Bergström Göran & Borén Kristina. Textens mening och makt. Last edition. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
Esaisson, Peter. Gilliam, Mikael, Oscarsson, Henric, Wängnerud, Lena. Metodpraktikan . Last edition. Stockholm: Norstedts juridik.
Hjelm, Mikael & Lindgren, Simon. Introduktion till samhällsvetenskaplig analys. Malmö: Gleerups, 2010.
Approved by the Faculty Board of Arts and Social Sciences, 30 June 2016