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  • Analyzing Foreign Policy

    by Derek Beach, Rasmus Brun Pedersen ...
    The second edition of this introductory textbook on foreign policy analysis focuses on the key explanatory factors that underlie the foreign policies of states and other actors to show how theory can illuminate practice. Genuinely international in scope and drawing on a wide range of examples, it provides an accessible introduction to the key elements of foreign policy analysis to explain, predict ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Causal Case Study Methods

    Foundations and Guidelines for Comparing, Matching, and Tracing

    by Derek Beach, Rasmus Brun Pedersen ...
    In this comprehensive reconstruction of causal case study methods, Derek Beach, Rasmus Brun Pedersen, and their coauthors delineate the ontological and epistemological differences among these methods, offer suggestions for determining the appropriate methods for a given research project, and explain the step-by-step application of selected methods.Causal Case Study Methods begins with the cohesive ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

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  • A History of Oxford Anthropology

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  • SAGE Handbook of Mixed Methods in Social & Behavioral Research

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  • Catching Stories

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    by Donna M. DeBlasio, Charles F. Ganzert, David H. Mould, Stephen H. Paschen, Howard L. Sacks ...
    In neighborhoods, schools, community centers, and workplaces, people are using oral history to capture and collect the kinds of stories that the history books and the media tend to overlook: stories of personal struggle and hope, of war and peace, of family and friends, of beliefs, traditions, and values—the stories of our lives.Catching Stories: A Practical Guide to Oral History is a clear and ... Read more

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  • MIND THE GAP: Gurdjieffian Institutes with Ouspensky, Roles, Nicoll, Fenwick

    by Jo Nicholls-Parker ...
    The subject of this thesis is the spiritual practices taught by Gurdjieff (1870-1949) and the legacy of these teachings in the major spiritual groups that have aspired to follow this path. I argue that at the core of these spiirtual techniques are the practices that Gurdjieff referred to as "self-remembering" and "transition" and that by an analysis of these it is possible to articulate Gurdjieff ... Read more

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  • An Introduction to the Use of Formal Methods in Political Philosophy

    by Robert Paul Wolff ...
    Political Theory has been transformed in the last thirty years by the introduction of methods of analysis imported from mathematics and economics. Modern students of the subject need to know something about Rational Choice Theory, Game Theory, and Collective Choice Theory if they are to be able to master contemporary discussions. This little book, by well-known philosopher Robert Paul Wolff, lays ... Read more

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  • Food Consumer Science

    Theories, Methods and Application to the Western Balkans

    Edited by Dominique Barjolle, Matthew Gorton, Žaklina Stojanović, Jasna Milošević Đorđević ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book explores the main methods, models, and approaches of food consumer science applied to six countries of the Western Balkans, illustrating each of these methods with concrete case studies. Research conducted between 2008 and 2011 in the course of the FOCUS-BALKANS project forms an excellent database for exploring recent changes and trends in food consumption. ... Read more

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  • Researching Later Life and Ageing

    Expanding Qualitative Research Horizons

    by Miranda Leontowitsch ...
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    This collection on researching later life and ageing critically reflects upon the qualitative methods used in gaining knowledge of under-researched groups of older people and sets out future research agendas. ... Read more

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  • Unmeasured Information and the Methodology of Social Scientific Inquiry

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    I have three reasons for bringing out the ensuing collection of essays. First, since analysis without measurement (this is generally not the same thing as what is commonly referred to as "qualitative methods" or "qualitative research" in the social science literature) is a relatively new scholarly endeavor, I am striving to enhance its visibility by attracting a wider audience than what would ... Read more

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    This book documents the outcomes of a study designed to explore ways of increasing resilience in a complex city system against disasters by focusing on the transportation system in London. A survey was undertaken comprising interviews with upper level decision makers as well as questionnaires to personnel in the field and the general public. The results of this survey are presented, together with ... Read more

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