AIMS, THEORIES AND METHODS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE16.7 2nd and 3rd years
John Dryzek, Bruce Headey and Leslie Holmes.
Normally 25 points of first-year Politics; students with only 12.5 points in Politics may apply to the 2nd/3rd-year coordinator.
First semester
Three hours per week of lectures and workshops
On completion of the subject, students should:
understand the aims and assumptions of different approaches to the study of politics;
understand major contemporary theories about the development of government policy;
have developed skills in qualitative methods, including in-depth interviews and observational methods;
have developed practical skills in the use of quantitative methods, including sample surveys, computer simulation of the effects of policy changes, and social experiments.
Students will gain hands-on experience in the use of quantitative and qualitative methods. Methods and theories will be introduced in lectures and their strengths, weaknesses and appropriate applications discussed. Lectures will be followed by workshops in which student groups themselves use each of the main methods, such as designing part of a public opinion survey and undertaking textual analysis of primary sources.
Essay work or equivalent totalling 5,000 words.
AIMS, THEORIES AND METHODS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE 16.7
John Dryzek, Bruce Headey and Leslie Holmes.
First semester.
Three hours each week of lectures and workshops
On completion of the subject, students should:
understand the aims and assumptions of different approaches to the study of politics;
understand major contemporary theories about the development of government policy;
have developed skills in qualitative methods, including in-depth interviews and observational methods;
have developed practical skills in the use of quantitative methods, including sample surveys, computer simulation of the effects of policy changes, and social experiments.
Students will gain hands-on experience in the use of quantitative and qualitative methods. Methods and theories will be introduced in lectures and their strengths, weaknesses and appropriate applications discussed. Lectures will be followed by workshops in which student groups themselves use each of the main methods, such as designing part of a public opinion survey and undertaking textual analysis of primary sources.
Essay work or equivalent totalling 5,000 words.
AIMS, THEORIES AND METHODS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE16.7 2nd and 3rd years
John Dryzek, Bruce Headey and Leslie Holmes.
Normally, 25 points of first-year Sociology.
First semester
Three hours per week of lectures and workshops.
On completion of the subject, students should:
understand the aims and assumptions of different approaches to the study of politics;
understand major contemporary theories about the development of government policy;
have developed skills in qualitative methods, including in-depth interviews and observational methods;
have developed practical skills in the use of quantitative methods, including sample surveys, computer simulation of the effects of policy changes, and social experiments.
Students will gain hands-on experience in the use of quantitative and qualitative methods. Methods and theories will be introduced in lectures and their strengths, weaknesses and appropriate applications discussed. Lectures will be followed by workshops in which student groups themselves use each of the main methods, such as designing part of a public opinion survey and undertaking textual analysis of primary sources.
Essay work or equivalent totalling 5,000 words.