When embarking on a new research project students face the same core research design issues. This volume provides readers with practical guidelines for both qualitative and quantitative designs, discusses the typical trade-offs involved in choosing them and is rich in examples from actual research.
Author Biography:
DIRK DE BIÈVRE Lecturer in International Politics, Department of Political Science, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium
ANDREAS DÜR Lecturer, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland
MATTHIAS LEHNERT Lecturer, Department of Social Sciences, University of Mannheim, Germany
DIRK LEUFFEN Post-doctoral Researcher, Centre for Comparative and International Studies, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
BERNHARD MILLER Researcher, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), Mannheim, Germany
JULIA RATHKE Lecturer, Department of Social Sciences, University of Mannheim, Germany
ULRICH SIEBERER Lecturer, Department of Social Sciences, University of Mannheim, Germany
JANINA THIEM Researcher, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), Mannheim, Germany
ARNDT WONKA Researcher, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), Mannheim, Germany
