Methods I
7.5 credits
Reading list, Master's level, 2FK053
A revised version of the reading list is available.
Main group 1
- Kellstedt, Paul M.; Whitten, Guy D., The fundamentals of political science research, 2. ed., Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2013Compulsory
- Powner, Leanne C., Empirical research and writing: a political science student's practical guide, Thousand Oaks, California, CQ Press, an imprint of SAGE, 2015Compulsory
- Anderson, Mary B., Do No Harm: How Aid Can Support Peace--Or War, uuuu-uuuu (Chapters 1, 4, 5)
- Beach, Derek; Pedersen, Rasmus Brun, Process-tracing methods: foundations and guidelines, Second Edition., Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, [2019] (Chapter 1, 2, 6, and 8)
- Booth, Wayne C.; Colomb, Gregory G.; Williams, Joseph M., Craft of Research, University of Chicago Press, 2008 (Chapters 3, 4, 5 and 6)
- Dunning, Thad, Natural experiments in the social sciences: a design-based approach, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2012 (Chapter 1)
- Fowler, Floyd J., Survey research methods, 4th ed., Thousand Oaks, Calif., SAGE, cop. 2009 (Chapters 1–2 and 5–7)
- George, Alexander L.; Bennett, Andrew, Case studies and theory development in the social sciences, Cambridge, Mass., MIT, cop. 2005 (p. 67–73)
- Gerring, John, Case study research: principles and practices, 2006 (Chapter 1,2,3,4, and p.86–91; 115–122; 131–134; 139–150.)
- Gerring, John, Social science methodology: a unified framework, 2nd ed., Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2012 (Chapter 1,2,3,5 and 8)
- Gertler, Paul J., Impact Evaluation in Practice, Second Edition [electronic resource], uuuu-uuuu (Chapter 1 (and browse chapters 2, 3 and 13), chapters 2–17)
- Höglund, Kristine; Öberg, Magnus, Understanding peace research: methods and challenges, London, Routledge, 2011
- Johnson, Janet Buttolph; Reynolds, H. T., Political science research methods, 7th ed., Los Angeles, CQ Press, c2012 (Chapters 5, 8, 9, 10)
- King, Gary.; Keohane, Robert O.; Verba, Sidney., Designing social inquiry: scientific inference in qualitative research, Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, c1994 (pp. 151–168)
- Nygaard, Linn P., Writing for scholars: a practical guide to making sense and being heard, Oslo, Universitetsforlaget, 2008 (pp 79–98)
- Huberman, A. Michael; Miles, Matthew B., The qualitative researcher's companion, Thousand Oaks, Calif., Sage Publications, cop. 2002 (pp. 37–61)
- Luigi Curini; Robert Franzese, The SAGE Handbook of Research Methods in Political Science and International Relations, SAGE Publications, 2020 (Chiara Ruffa, 2020, "Case study methods")
* Compulsory