Качественные методы в политических исследованиях

Магистратура 2024/2025

ID 866546

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Статус: Курс по выбору (Сравнительная политика Евразии)

Направление: 41.04.04. Политология

Кто читает: Департамент социологии

Где читается: Санкт-Петербургская школа социальных наук

Когда читается: 1-й курс, 3 модуль

Формат изучения: без онлайн-курса

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Преподаватели: Крупец Яна Николаевна

Прогр. обучения: Сравнительная политика Евразии

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 3

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Abstract

The goal of this course is to present the fundamentals of qualitative social research, as well as to develop students’ skills of using qualitative methods in their own empirical research. Students will learn how to plan, to organize and to implement qualitative research, how to collect data and how to analyze them afterwards. During the course the focus will be done on the development of practical skills: learning through experience. Students will learn qualitative research by doing it. They will develop their own research design, will conduct the interviews and collect media data, after that they will analyze qualitative data.

Learning Objectives

The goal of this course is to present the fundamentals of qualitative social research, as well as to develop students’ skills of using qualitative methods in their own empirical research.

Expected Learning Outcomes

Able to organize and to conduct qualitative research
Able to use qualitative methods for collection and analysis of data
Know basic strategies and methods of qualitative research
Understand the principles of qualitative research
Student knows the basic strategies of qualitaitve research and differences between them.

Course Contents

Introduction of qualitative research. The methodological basis. Design of qualitative research.
Strategies of qualitative research: general overview
Qualitative interview. Qualitative analysis of interview.
Discourse analysis.

Assessment Elements

Research Design
Data collection
The analysis of the data

Interim Assessment

2024/2025 3rd module
0.3 * Data collection + 0.4 * The analysis of the data + 0.3 * Research Design

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Gupta, A. (2024). Qualitative methods and data analysis using ATLAS. ti: A comprehensive researchers' manual. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49650-9
Okoko, J. M., Tunison, S., & Walker, K. D. (2023). Varieties of qualitative research methods. Saskatoon, Saskatoon: Springer Texts in Education. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04394-9
Rangaswamy, N., & Venkatraman, S. (2025). Qualitative methods for digital social research. Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-9843-8

Recommended Additional Bibliography

John L. Campbell, & Martyn Hammersley. (2012). What is Qualitative Research? Web server without geographic relation, Web server without geographic relation (org): Bloomsbury Academic. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.E5028EB
Meyer, M., & Wodak, R. (Eds.). (2001). Methods of critical discourse analysis. New Delhi, India: Sage. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4135/9780857028020
Taylor, S. (2013). What Is Discourse Analysis? London: Bloomsbury Academic.
Wang, V. (Ed.). (2021). Promoting qualitative research methods for critical reflection and change. IGI Global. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7600-7

Authors

Krupets Iana Nikolaevna

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