Political Methodology

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Economics and Politics

The Calculus of Support

Edited by Helmut Norpoth, Jean-Dominique Lafay, and Michael S. Lewis-Beck
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology, Comparative Politics, Political Economy

International Organizations and Research Methods

An Introduction

Edited by Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber, and Lucile Maertens
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology

Methodologies for the study of International organizations

Complex Systems in the Social and Behavioral Sciences

Theory, Method and Application

By L. Douglas Kiel & Euel W. Elliott
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology, Mathematics and Engineering

Complexity systems are at the heart of behavior

Formal Modeling in Social Science

By Carol Mershon & Olga Shvetsova
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology, Political Theory

How to move from textbook exercises to using formal modeling in real research.

Process-Tracing Methods

Foundations and Guidelines

2nd Edition

By Derek Beach & Rasmus Brun Pedersen
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology

An essential tool for cutting-edge social science research

Constructivism Reconsidered

Past, Present, and Future

By Patrick James, Mariano E Bertucci, and Jarrod Hayes
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology, International Relations

Explores Constructivism's key influence on IR theory and practice

Interpretive Quantification

Methodological Explorations for Critical and Constructivist IR

By J. Samuel Barkin & Laura Sjoberg
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology, International Relations

Revolutionary volume demonstrates how crossing the positivist and post-positivist divide improves political science research

Causal Case Study Methods

Foundations and Guidelines for Comparing, Matching, and Tracing

By Derek Beach & Rasmus Brun Pedersen
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology

An introduction to causal case study methods, complete with step-by-step guidelines and examples

Undertaking Discourse Analysis for Social Research

By Kevin C. Dunn & Iver B. Neumann
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology

An indispensable guide to the theory, concept, and application of discourse analysis in the social sciences

Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings in the U.S. Senate

Reconsidering the Charade

By Dion Farganis & Justin Wedeking
Subjects: Political Science, Law and Judicial Politics, American Politics, Political Methodology

How much do Supreme Court nominees reveal at their confirmation hearings, and how do their answers affect senators' votes?

Researching Black Communities

A Methodological Guide

Edited by James S. Jackson, Cleopatra Howard Caldwell, and Sherrill L Sellers
Subjects: Psychology, Political Science, Political Methodology, African Studies, Race and Ethnicity, African American Studies

Practical advice for conducting social science research in racial and ethnic minority populations

Psychology and Constructivism in International Relations

An Ideational Alliance

Edited by Vaughn P. Shannon & Paul A. Kowert
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, Political Methodology

Psychology and constructivism together offer new ways of understanding international relations

The Cult of Statistical Significance

How the Standard Error Costs Us Jobs, Justice, and Lives

By Deirdre Nansen McCloskey & Steve Ziliak
Subjects: Economics, History of Economic Thought, Economic Theory, Political Science, Political Methodology, Sociology, History, Intellectual History, Health & Medicine, European History, Nature/Environment, Environmental Studies, Philosophy
Series: Economics, Cognition, and Society

How the most important statistical method used in many of the sciences doesn't pass the test for basic common sense

Positive Changes in Political Science

The Legacy of Richard D. McKelvey's Most Influential Writings

By John H Aldrich, James E. Alt, and Skip Lupia
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology, Political Economy, Economics
Series: Analytical Perspectives on Politics

Richard McKelvey's classic papers, accompanied by original essays by leading names in the field

War and the State

The Theory of International Politics

By R. Harrison Wagner
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, Political Methodology

Exposes the deep logical contradictions of Realist political thought and counters it with a new, more robust theory of war

Modeling and Interpreting Interactive Hypotheses in Regression Analysis

By Robert Franzese & Cindy Kam
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology, Sociology, Psychology, Economics

A Unified Theory of Collective Action and Social Change

By Luis Medina
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology, Political Economy, Economics, Sociology
Series: Analytical Perspectives on Politics

An intriguing examination of one of the most important unresolved problems in social choice theory: how do we best understand people's decision to pay the cost of a public good?

The Logic of Democracy

Reconciling Equality, Deliberation, and Minority Protection

By Anthony McGann
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology, Political Theory, Sociology, Psychology
Series: Michigan Studies in Political Analysis

How does democracy work?

The Liberal Illusion

Does Trade Promote Peace?

By Katherine Barbieri
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, Political Economy, Political Methodology, Economics, International Economics

A powerful refutation of the assumption that international trade automatically promotes world peace

The Psychological Assessment of Political Leaders

With Profiles of Saddam Hussein and Bill Clinton

Edited by Jerrold M. Post
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology, Psychology, Comparative Politics

An effective system of at-a-distance evaluation combined with comprehensive political and psychological profiles

Positive Political Theory II

Strategy and Structure

By David Austen-Smith & Jeffrey S. Banks
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology, Economics, Micro Economics
Series: Michigan Studies in Political Analysis

The second volume of the encyclopedic work on individual preferences and collective behavior

Defensive Internationalism

Providing Public Goods in an Uncertain World

By Davis B. Bobrow & Mark A. Boyer
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, Political Economy, Political Methodology, Comparative Politics

The Scourge of War

New Extensions on an Old Problem

Edited by Paul Diehl
Subjects: Political Science, Comparative Politics, International Relations, Political Methodology

A critical reexamination of the work of J. David Singer's influential Correlates of War project

Models, Numbers, and Cases

Methods for Studying International Relations

Edited by Detlef F. Sprinz & Yael Wolinsky-Nahmias
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology, International Relations

A thorough guide to the complexities of international relations research, and an essential text for upper-level and graduate coursework

The Behavioral Origins of War

By D. Scott Bennett & Allan C. Stam III
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, Political Methodology

The first thorough empirical appraisal of the different explanations for international conflict

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