Designing Social Science Research

• Main Author: Bukve, Oddbjørn (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Public policy.; Political theory.; Political communication.; Sociology-Research.; Social sciences.; Public Policy.; Political Theory.; Political Communication.; Research Methodology.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.

This book presents different research designs, their respective purposes and merits as well as their underlying assumptions. Research designs are characterised by a certain combination of knowledge aims and strategies for data production. An adequate design is the key to carrying out a successful re...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Scientific Knowledge and Practice
• 3. Social Science as Reconstruction of Social Phenomena
• 4. The Logic and Methodological Rules of Reconstruction
• 5. Design of Research Projects
• 6. Variable-Centred Designs
• 7. Case Designs
• 8. Integrated Designs
• 9. Comparative Designs
• 10. Intervention-Oriented Designs
• 11. The Design Process.