Introduction
1: Research in the Social Sciences
2: Constructing a Research Design
3: Constructing Case Studies and Comparisons
4: Constructing Data
5: Writing Up Your Research
6: For the Road
Appendix: Participating in the Profession
A. Presenting a Paper
B. Discussing a Paper
C. Research Proposals
Bibliography
Bob Hancké is a Reader in European Political Economy at the London
School of Economics and Political Science. He published Large Firms
and Institutional Change (Oxford University Press 2002), Beyond
Varieties of Capitalism: Conflict, Contradiction and
Complementarities in the European Economy (co-edited with Martin
Rhodes and Mark Thatcher (Oxford University Press 2007), and
Debating Varieties of Capitalism: A Reader, (Oxford
University Press 2009). His main interests are: the comparative
political economy of advanced capitalist societies, institutions
and macro-economic policy in EMU, comparative labour relations and
trade union studies.
This is an excellent book. It should be useful for both graduate
students and their supervisors (especially those making their first
steps in supervising PhD students). The book offers a systematic
and reflective guide to empirical research in the social sciences.
It can also benefit researchers in other disciplines, such as
law
*Oren Perez, Political Studies Review*
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