Аспирантура
2021/2022
Дизайн политического исследования
Статус:
Курс обязательный
Направление:
41.06.01. Политические науки и регионоведение
Кто читает:
Департамент политики и управления
Когда читается:
1-й курс, 1 семестр
Формат изучения:
без онлайн-курса
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Маркварт Кайл Лоус
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
4
Контактные часы:
36
Course Syllabus
Abstract
In this course, students will learn cutting-edge methods for designing social-scientific research projects, with particular emphasis on political science. Topics will include general overviews of causal inference, as well as case selection, measurement and ethics. While the course will focus on positivist approaches, the course will be broadly applicable to students with a variety of methodological and ontological approaches.
Learning Objectives
- Developing familiarity with key aspects of social scientific research design and their application, as well as awareness of resources and skills to develop in order to pursue different research agendas.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Students will learn how to apply key elements of research design to their own research.
- Students will learn how to critique the work of other scholars using principles learned in the course.
Course Contents
- Course Plan
- Class 1: Introduction to causality vs. descriptive inference
- Class 2: Causality: experiments and natural experiments
- Class 3: Causality: observational analysis
- Class 4: Case selection
- Class 5: Qualitative vs. quantitative research
- Class 6: Measurement and data
- Class 7: Research transparency and ethics
- Class 8-9: In-class presentations
Interim Assessment
- 2021/2022 1st semester0.15 * Participation + 0.1 * Karaoke participation + 0.15 * Karaoke + 0.3 * Presentations + 0.3 * Final project
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Adcock, R., & Collier, D. (2001). Measurement Validity: A Shared Standard for Qualitative and Quantitative Research. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003055401003100
- Darden, K., & Grzymala-Busse, A. (2006). The Great Divide: Literacy, Nationalism, and the Communist Collapse. https://doi.org/10.1353/wp.2007.0015
- FINKEL, E. (2015). The Phoenix Effect of State Repression: Jewish Resistance during the Holocaust. https://doi.org/10.1017/s000305541500009x
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Coppedge, M., Gerring, J., Altman, D., Bernhard, M., Fish, S., Hicken, A., Kroenig, M., Lindberg, S. I., McMann, K., Paxton, P., Semetko, H. A., Skaaning, S.-E., Staton, J., & Teorell, J. (2011). Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy: A New Approach. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1537592711000880
- Rhodes, R. A. W., & Bevir, M. (2015). Routledge Handbook of Interpretive Political Science. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1021249
- Wright, G. H. von. (2009). Explanation and Understanding. Routledge.