|
Instructors: Dr. Jürgen Unger-Sirsch
Event type:
online: Seminar
Displayed in timetable as:
Sem Methodology
Hours per week:
2
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
- | 30
Priority scheme: Senatsrichtlinie
Requirements / organisational issues:
- MA European Studies (Europamaster) (Modul 5 Advanced Political Science and Study Project: Politics in Europe)
Contents:
This course is an introduction to social science methodology focusing on political science. We will discuss basic ideas regarding the purpose of science as well as what distinguishes the social sciences from other sciences. Based on this, the seminar discusses quantitative and qualitative research methods as well as the medthodology of political theory - both in the abstract as well as on the basis of concrete examples from political science.
Recommended reading list:
This is a list of books on the topics covered in the seminar that you might find helpful (however, there is no required reading before the seminar):
Elster, John (2007): Explaining social behavior. More nuts and bolts for the social sciences. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Hedström, Peter (2008): Dissection the social. On the principles of analytical sociology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Leopold/Stears (2008) (eds.): Political Theory. Methods and Approaches. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Little, Daniel (1991): Varieties of social explanation. An introduction to the philosophy of social science, Boulder: Westview.
Marsh, David / Stoker, Gerry (2002) (eds): Theory and methods in political science. Second edition. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan
Smits, Katherine (2009): Applying Political Theory: Issues and Debates. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Digital teaching:
The seminar will be held online. We will use synchronous and asynchronous elements. Synchronous elements will take place at the scheduled hours.
|
