TY - BOOK AU - Burnham,Peter TI - Research methods in politics T2 - Political analysis SN - 0230019846 AV - JA86 .R423 2008 U1 - 320.072 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Political science KW - Research KW - Methodology KW - Textbooks N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-360) and index; Introduction; Methods, Methodology and Making Sense of the Study of Politics --; 1; The Discipline of Politics --; 2; Research Design and the Research Process --; 3; Comparative Methods --; 4; Surveys, Polls and Focus Groups --; 5; Descriptive Statistics --; 6; Making Inferences --; 7; Documentary and Archival Analysis --; 8; The Internet and Political Research --; 9; Elite Interviewing --; 10; Discourse Analysis and Other Methods --; 11; Ethics and Political Research --; 12; Research and the Policy Process --; 13; Conclusion: Challenging the Mainstream and the Qualitative/Quantitative Divide ER -