METHODOLOGY OF POLITICAL RESEARCH
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: Fulvio ATTINA'Expected Learning Outcomes
The course offers the opportunity to develop the ability to set up and start a research project with an eye to the preparation of the master's thesis.
Course Structure
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
Focus is on ‘knowledge’ in scientific research and on research work as the process of testing, building, or enlarging existing scientific knowledge.
Textbook Information
The recommended book can be chosen from the following
· Lamont Christopher and Mieczysław P. Boduszyński (2020), Research Methods in Politics and International Relations. Sage. Ebook available. A second-best [available at the Biblioteca Scienze Politiche, BC-16-2478] is Lamont Christopher (2015), Research Methods in International Relations, Sage.
· Baglione Lisa A. (2018), Writing a research paper in Political Science, Sage/CQ Press. Ebook available (recommended). The early (still good) edition of this book is available at the at the Biblioteca Scienze Politiche: BE-1-256.
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | At the meeting one, the student receives instructions on how to set up the research project item. In the home segment, the student makes up the research project item using the recommended book and other sources of her/his choice and fills out the session template (provided by the instructor) that sends to the instructor (attinaf@unict.it) by Sunday. At the meeting two, the realisation of the research project item by the student is commented. |