Research methods: general

A ''user''s guide'' to Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and the methodological family of set-theoretic methods in social science.

Takes the human-computer interaction researcher through the complete experimental process, from identifying a research question, to conducting an experiment and analysing the results.

The first comprehensive guide to natural experiments, providing an ideal introduction for scholars and students.

A ''user''s guide'' to Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and the methodological family of set-theoretic methods in social science.

Takes the human-computer interaction researcher through the complete experimental process, from identifying a research question, to conducting an experiment and analysing the results.

Presents the rational choice theories of collective action and social choice, applying them to problems of public policy and social justice.

Democratization and Research Methods summarizes what researchers know about why countries become and remain democracies, and why they often do not.

Presents the rational choice theories of collective action and social choice, applying them to problems of public policy and social justice.

Democratization and Research Methods summarizes what researchers know about why countries become and remain democracies, and why they often do not.

This book presents the technical aspects of an economic model used to examine issues of global economic significance.

This book presents the technical aspects of an economic model used to examine issues of global economic significance.

Examines how people''s investment or stake in their communities affects the provision of public services.

Examines how people''s investment or stake in their communities affects the provision of public services.

This book presents the mathematical economic theory of price determination and resource allocation from elementary to advanced levels.

The essential features of the counterfactual model of causality for observational data analysis are presented with examples.

This book provides an analytic basis for making pricing decisions.

A step-by-step guide to the design and implementation of surveys.

A step-by-step guide to the design and implementation of surveys.

A new and thoroughly revised edition of this exceptional textbook, offering a one-volume introduction to social science methodology.

A new and thoroughly revised edition of this exceptional textbook, offering a one-volume introduction to social science methodology.

A balanced, rigorous and comprehensive exploration of the economics of climate change.

A balanced, rigorous and comprehensive exploration of the economics of climate change.

This book presents the mathematical economic theory of price determination and resource allocation from elementary to advanced levels.

This book analyzes the links between political economics, governance structures and the distribution of political power in economic policy making.

This book provides an account of the underlying mathematics of mechanism design based on linear programming.

This volume provides the first comprehensive overview of how political scientists have used experiments to transform their field of study.

This volume provides the first comprehensive overview of how political scientists have used experiments to transform their field of study.

This book proposes a theory of social welfare that encapsulates fairness principles in the definition of social preferences.

This book asks whether military power is central in determining which states get their voice heard, and if so, how and why.

This book investigates women's ritual authority and the common boundaries between religion and notions of gender, ethnicity, and identity.

This book presents an analysis of masculinity construction in a large corpus of women's magazines, adopting a feminist Critical Stylistic approach to reveal how men are talked about and 'sold' to women as part of a successful performance of hegemonic femininity.

This book addresses the relationship between gossip, women, and film with regards to the genre of chick flicks.

This critical account of the American Girl brand explores what its books and dolls communicate to girls about femininity, racial identity, ethnicity, and what it means to be an American.

This edited collection highlights international research on domestic homicides and death reviews which are a rapidly growing intervention/prevention initiative in various countries.

This compact reference guide gives students the skills and confidence to succeed in case study assignments.

This is an invaluable guide to developing the writing skills needed to succeed at every stage of postgraduate research.

This book aims to explain the decline of the later Wittgensteinian tradition in analytic philosophy during the second half of the twentieth century.

This book offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to the use of internet technology in research.

This book presents an engaging sociological investigation into how gender is negotiated and performed in ballroom and Latin dancing that draws on extensive ethnographic research, as well as the author's own experience as a dancer.

How do you design a research project?

The authors explore three ways of conducting causal analysis in case studies.

Interdisciplinarity and Climate Change is a major new book addressing one of the most challenging questions of our time.

Interdisciplinarity and Climate Change is a major new book addressing one of the most challenging questions of our time.

Social and cultural research has changed dramatically in the last few years in response to changing conceptions of the empirical, an intensification of interest in interdisciplinary work, and the growing need to communicate with diverse users and audiences.

Social and cultural research has changed dramatically in the last few years in response to changing conceptions of the empirical, an intensification of interest in interdisciplinary work, and the growing need to communicate with diverse users and audiences.

Research design is fundamental to all scientific endeavors, at all levels and in all institutional settings.

Research design is fundamental to all scientific endeavors, at all levels and in all institutional settings.

Qualitative forms of inquiry are a dynamic and exciting area within contemporary research in sport, exercise and health.

Qualitative forms of inquiry are a dynamic and exciting area within contemporary research in sport, exercise and health.

The late-twentieth-century anxiety about a 'crisis in masculinity' still persists today, particularly in English-speaking cultures.