Graduate Qualitative Methods Training in Political Science: A Disciplinary Crisis.

Most political scientists conduct and publish qualitative research, but what training in qualitative methods do political science doctoral programs offer? Do scholarly views converge on the proper content of such training? Analysis of methods curricula and syllabi from 25 leading US political scienc...

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Publicado en:PS: Political Science & Politics Vol. 53; no. 2; pp. 258 - 265
Autores principales: Emmons, Cassandra V., Moravcsik, Andrew M.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Cambridge University Press Apr2020
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