Field Research in Political Science: Practices and Principles

by Lauren M. MacLean, Diana Kapiszewski, Benjamin L. Read

Book Overview

Field research - leaving one's home institution in order to acquire data, information or insights that significantly inform one's research - remains indispensable, even in a digitally networked era. This book, the first of its kind in political science, reconsiders the design and execution of field research and explores its role in producing knowledge. First, it offers an empirical overview of fieldwork in the discipline based on a large-scale survey...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521184835
• ISBN13: 9780521184830
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.7" x 9.5"