Guide to Methods for Students of Political...

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Stephen Van Evera is Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Associate Director of the MIT Center for International Studies. He is the author of Causes of War: Power and the Roots of Conflict, also from Cornell.

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INTRODUCTION1. HYPOTHESES, LAWS, AND THEORIES: A USER'S GUIDE
What Is a Theory?
What Is a Specific Explanation?
What Is a Good Theory?
How Can Theories Be Made?
How Can Theories Be Tested?
Strong vs. Weak Tests: Predictions and Tests
Helpful Hints for Testing Theories
How Can Specific Events Be Explained?
Methodology Myths2. WHAT ARE CASE STUDIES? HOW SHOULD THEY BE PERFORMED?
Case Studies in Perspective
Testing Theories with Case Studies
Creating Theories with Case Studies
Inferring Antecedent Conditions from Case Studies
Testing Antecedent Conditions with Case Studies
Explaining Cases
Strong vs. Weak Tests: Predictions and Tests
Interpreting Contradictory Results
Case-Selection Criteria3. WHAT IS A POLITICAL SCIENCE DISSERTATION?4. HELPFUL HINTS ON WRITING A POLITICAL SCIENCE DISSERTATION
Topic Selection
Organization
Your Dissertation Prospectus
Your Introductory Chapter
Your Concluding Chapter
Study Design and Presentation
Writing
Style
Vetting
Your Abstract
Dealing with your Dissertation Committee
Dealing with Your Head, Your Family, and Your Friends
How to Learn More about How to Write a Dissertation5. THE DISSERTATION PROPOSAL6. PROFESSIONAL ETHICSAPPENDIX: HOW TO WRITE A PAPER
FURTHER READING
INDEX

Empfohlen (von):	18
Erscheinungsjahr:	1997
Genre:	Importe , Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9780801484575
ISBN-10:	080148457X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Evera, Stephen Van
Hersteller:	Cornell University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	209 x 138 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	Stephen Van Evera
Erscheinungsdatum:	15.10.1997
Gewicht:	0,189 kg