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DepartmentofPublicPolicy,CentralEuropeanUniversity FallTerm2006
CourseDescription Theaimistointroducestudentstoqualitativeresearchmethods.Tothisend,thecoursewill (a)familiarisestudentswiththecoretheoreticalassumptionsunderlyingqualitativeresearch ascomparedwithquantitativeresearch,(b)introducethemtoqualitativeresearchtechniques usefulforpolicyresearch,and(c)provideanunderstandingofhowtodevelopanappropriate qualitative research design. The following research techniques will be discussed in more detail: the case study method, elite interviewing, the document analysis method, and comparativemethods.Inaddition,studentswillbeintroducedtothemixedmethodsapproach linkingqualitativeandquantitativeresearch.
CourseRequirements Participantsareexpectedtoactivelyparticipateinallseminars. Each participant will prepare two presentations (15 min each). The presentations shouldintroducetheassignedmandatoryreadingsandpresentfourthesesthatwillbe discussedinclass. Participantswillhavetowriteafinalexam.
Topicsandreadings:
Furtherreading: Keohane, Robert O./King, Gary/Verba, Sidney: Designing social inquiry Scientific inferenceinqualitativeresearch,PrincetonUniversityPress,Princeton1994,chapter1: Thescienceinsocialscience,pp.333.
Silverman, David: Interpreting qualitative data. Methods for analysing talk, text and interaction,Sage,Londonetal.1993,chapter2:Thelogicofqualitativemethodology,pp. 2029.
Furtherreading: Kincheloe,JoeL.,McLaren,PeterL.:Rethinkingcriticaltheoryandqualitativeresearch,in: Denzin,NormanK./Lincoln,Yvonna,S.(eds.):Thelandscapeofqualitativeresearch. Theoriesandissues,2ndedition,Sage,Londonetal.2003,pp.260299. Olesen, Virginia: Feminisms and models of qualitative research, in: Denzin, Norman K./ Lincoln,YvonnaS.(eds.):Thelandscapeofqualitativeresearch.Theoriesandissues,2nd edition,Sage,Londonetal.2003,pp.300332.
(3)Mainconceptsthickdescriptions Requiredreadings: Keohane, Robert O./King, Gary/Verba, Sidney: Designing social inquiry Scientific inferenceinqualitativeresearch,PrincetonUniversityPress,Princeton1994,chapter2: descriptiveinference,pp.3474. Denzin,NormanK.:Interpretiveinteractionism,2ndedition,Sage,Londonetal.2001,chapter 6:Thickdescription,pp.98118.
(4)Mainconceptscausalinference Requiredreadings: Keohane, Robert O./King, Gary/Verba, Sidney: Designing social inquiry Scientific inferenceinqualitativeresearch,PrincetonUniversityPress,Princeton1994,chapter3: Causalityandcausalinference,pp.75114.
(5)Mainconceptsinterpretingandunderstanding Requiredreadings: Gubrium,JaberF./Holstein,JamesA.:Analyzinginterpretivepractice,in:Denzin,Norman K./Lincoln,YvonnaS.(eds.):Strategiesofqualitativeinquiry,2ndedition,Sage,Londonet al.2003,pp.214248. Hollis, Martin/Smith, Steve: Explaining and Understanding International Relations, Clarendon,Oxford1990,chapter4:Understanding,pp.6891.
Furtherreading: Schwandt,ThomasA.:Constructivist,interpretivistapproachestohumaninquiry,in:Denzin, NormanK./Lincoln,YvonnaS.(eds.):Thelandscapeofqualitativeresearch.Theoriesand issues,2ndedition,Sage,Londonetal.2003,pp.221259. Hollis, Martin/Smith, Steve: Explaining and Understanding International Relations, Clarendon,Oxford1990,chapter9:Explainingandunderstanding,pp.196216.
(6)Thecasestudymethod Requiredreadings: Stake,RobertE.:Casestudies,in:Denzin,NormanK./Lincoln,YvonnaS.(eds.):Strategies ofqualitativeinquiry,2ndedition,Sage,Londonetal.2003,pp.134164. Yin, RobertK.,Campbell, Donald T.:Case StudyResearch: Design andMethods,Sage, Londonetal.1994,chapter2:Designingcasestudies,pp.1853.
Furtherreading: Silverman, David: Interpreting qualitative data. Methods for analysing talk, text and interaction,Sage,Londonetal.1993,chapter8:Selectingacase,pp.102112. Keohane, Robert O./King, Gary/Verba, Sidney: Designing social inquiry Scientific inferenceinqualitativeresearch,PrincetonUniversityPress,Princeton1994,chapter6: increasingthenumberofobservations,pp.208230. (7)Thequalitativeinterviewmethod Requiredreadings: Fontana, Andrea/Frey, James H.: Interviewing. The art of science, in: Denzin, Norman K./Lincoln,YvonnaS.(eds.):Collectingandinterpretingqualitativematerials,2ndedition, Sage,Londonetal.2003,pp.4778. Miller,Jody/Glassner,Barry:The'inside'andthe'outside'.Findingrealitiesininterviews,in: Silverman,David(ed.):Qualitativeresearch.Theory,methodandpractice,Sage,London etal.1997,pp.99112.
Furtherreading: Kvale,Steinar:Interviews.Anintroductiontoqualitativeresearchinterviewing,Sage,London etal.1996. Silverman, David: Interpreting qualitative data. Methods for analysing talk, text and interaction,Sage,Londonetal.1993,chapter5:Interviewdata,pp.90114. Johnson, Graham I./Briggs, Pamela: Questionasking and verbal protocol techniques, in: Cassell,Catherine/Symon,Gillian(eds.):Qualitativemethodsinorganizationalresearch.A practicalguide,Sage,Londonetal.1994,pp.5571. Holstein, James A./ Gubrium, Jaber F.: Active interviewing, in: Silverman, David (ed.): Qualitativeresearch.Theory,methodandpractice,Sage,Londonetal.1997,pp.130143.
(8)Thedocumentanalysismethod
Requiredreadings: Holder, Ian: The interpretation of documents and material culture, in: Denzin, Norman K./Lincoln,YvonnaS.(eds.):Collectingandinterpretingqualitativematerials,2ndedition, Sage,Londonetal.2003,pp.110129. Atkinson,Paul/Coffey,Amanda:Analysingdocumentaryrealities,in:Silverman,David(ed.): Qualitativeresearch.Theory,methodandpractice,Sage,Londonetal.1997,pp.4562.
Furtherreading: Silverman, David: Interpreting qualitative data. Methods for analysing talk, text and interaction,Sage,Londonetal.1993,chapter4:Texts,pp.5989. Popping,Roel:Computerassistedtextanalysis,Sage,Londonetal.2000.
(9)Comparativequalitativeresearchdesigns Requiredreadings: Dogan, Mattei/Pelassy, Dominique: How to compare nations. Strategies in comparative politics,Chatham,ChathamHousePublishers,NewJersey1984,PartI:Thecompassof thecomparativist,pp.337. Landman,Todd:Issuesandmethodsincomparativepolitics,Routledge,Londonetal.2003, chapter1:Whycomparecountries?pp.322.
Furtherreading: Landman,Todd:Issuesandmethodsincomparativepolitics,Routledge,Londonetal.2003, chapter3:Choosingcountriesandproblemsofcomparison,pp.3960. Peters, Guy B.: Comparative politics. Theory and methods, Houndsmills, Basingstoke: MacmillianPress1998,chapter3:Thenumberofcases,pp.5879.
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