Political Science Research in Practice: Edition 2
About this ebook
The second edition now includes:
- Two completely new chapters on field experiments and a chapter on the textual/interpretative method.
- New topics, ranging from the Arab Spring to political torture to politically sensitive research in China to social networking and voter turnout.
- Revised and updated "Exercises and Discussion Questions" sections.
- Revised and updated "Interested to Know More" and "Recommended Resources" sections.
About the author
Akan Malici is Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Furman University. He authored When Leaders Learn and When They Don't (SUNY, 2008) and The Search for a Common European Foreign and Security Policy (Palgrave, 2008). He co-authored U.S. Presidents and Foreign Policy Mistakes (Stanford, 2011) and Role Theory and Role Conflict in U.S.-Iran Relations (Routledge, 2016) and co-edited of Re-thinking Foreign Policy Analysis (Routledge, 2011). He teaches classes in International Politics and Research Methodology.
Elizabeth S. Smith is Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Furman University. She received her Ph.D. in American politics with a minor in political psychology from the University of Minnesota. She has taught research methodology for many years. Her work appears in The Journal of Political Science Education, Polity, Political Psychology, The Handbook for Teaching Social Issues, the American Education Research Journal and in Competition in Theory and Practice (Sense Publishers 2009).
