TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dowding,Keith M.
TI  - The philosophy and methods of political science
SN  - 9781403904461 (hardback)
U1  - 320.01 
KW  - Political science
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Research
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General
N1  - Includes index; Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Isms -- 3. What Is an Explanation? -- 4. What Is a Theory? -- 5. Hypotheses and Theory Testing -- 6. Narratives, Mechanisms and Causation -- 7. Methods and Methodologies -- 8. Concepts and Conceptual Analysis -- 9. Analytic Political Philosophy -- 10. Political Science as a Vocation
N2  - "A short, lively and innovative text, this book addresses the question of what constitutes good practice in a variety of political science methods and examines the philosophy that underpins them. It argues for a pluralistic approach that will deliver effective analysis and an in-depth understanding of political events"--
ER  -