Guide to Methods for Students of Political Science

Author Stephen Van Evera greets new graduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with an introduction to qualitative mentods in the social sciences. His hints grew from a handful of memos to a primer which has evolved into this text. The book of "how-to" information about graduate study is intended for graduate students and undergraduates in political science, sociology, anthropology, economics and history, and for their advisers. It discusses how theories should be framed, assessed and applied in the social sciences and provides a section on case studies to show novices the ropes. Other topics include: "Helpful hints on writing a political science PhD dissertation"; the division between hard science and social science; and how political scientists could and should work together as a community.

ISBN 080148457X   Pages 144 ISBN13 9780801484575 (What's this?)   Volumes 001 Publisher Cornell University Press   Weight (grammes) 190 Imprint Cornell University Press   Published in Ithaca Format Paperback   Height (mm) 210 Publication date 04 Sep 1997   Width (mm) 139 Library of Congress JA71.V3 19   Spine width (mm) 11 DEWEY 320.072   Academic level Undergraduate DEWEY edition DC21

		Introduction		1
1		Hypotheses, Laws, and Theories: A User's Guide		7
2		What Are Case Studies? How Should They Be Performed?		49
3		What Is a Political Science Dissertation?		89
4		Helpful Hints on Writing a Political Science Dissertation		97
5		The Dissertation Proposal		115
6		Professional Ethics		117
App		How to Write a Paper		123
		Further Reading		129
		Index		135

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