Research Design in Political Science

DIRK DE BIEVRE Lecturer in International Politics, Department of Political Science, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium ANDREAS DUR Lecturer, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, Ireland MATTHIAS LEHNERT Lecturer, Department of Social Sciences, University of Mannheim, Germany DIRK LEUFFEN Post-doctoral Researcher, Centre for Comparative and International Studies, ETH Zurich, Switzerland BERNHARD MILLER Researcher, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), Mannheim, Germany JULIA RATHKE Lecturer, Department of Social Sciences, University of Mannheim, Germany ULRICH SIEBERER Lecturer, Department of Social Sciences, University of Mannheim, Germany JANINA THIEM Researcher, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), Mannheim, Germany ARNDT WONKA Researcher, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), Mannheim, Germany

When embarking on a new research project students face the same core research design issues. This volume provides readers with practical guidelines for both qualitative and quantitative designs, discusses the typical trade-offs involved in choosing them and is rich in examples from actual research.When embarking on a new research project students face the same core research design issues. This volume provides readers with practical guidelines for both qualitative and quantitative designs, discusses the typical trade-offs involved in choosing them and is rich in examples from actual research.