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Doing Qualitative Research in Politics

Integrating Theory Building and Policy Relevance

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Editors:
  1. Angela Kachuyevski

    1. Arcadia University, Glenside, PA, USA

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  2. Lisa M. Samuel

    1. New York University, New York, NY, USA

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  • Addresses a distinct lack of literature on research methododolgy, in particular qualitative methods, in IR

  • Will serve as a pragmatic and reassuring research guide for scholars and students alike

  • Directly links theoretical discussions to relevant policy formulations

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction: Doing Qualitative Research in Politics: Building Theory and Formulating Policy

    • Angela Kachuyevski, Lisa M. Samuel
    Pages 1-14

  3. Case-Driven Theory-Building in Comparative Democratization: The Heuristics of Venezuela’s “Democratic Purgatory”

    • Christopher M. Brown
    Pages 15-33

  4. The Return of the Qualitative Case Study: The Impact of the Presidency and Congress on US Policy Toward North Korea

    • Taehyung Ahn
    Pages 35-52

  5. Ethnic Conflict Management in Eastern Europe: Structured, Focused Comparison and the Case for Multidimensional Prevention

    • Angela Kachuyevski
    Pages 53-80

  6. Combating Modeling “at the Expense of Relevance”: Moving the Study of Political Behavior Past Large-n Survey Analysis in American Politics

    • Amy Widestrom
    Pages 81-110

  7. Framing Infectious Diseases: Effective Policy Implementation and United States Public Opinion

    • Mita Saksena
    Pages 111-131

  8. Searching for Justice in International Trade Negotiations: A Feminist-Informed Multi-Sited Ethnographic Study of the Commonwealth Caribbean

    • Lisa M. Samuel
    Pages 133-160

  9. Negotiating Local Cultural Space in a Global World: Joint Efforts at Meaning-Making and the Reconfiguration of Normative Womanhood in India

    • Monalisa Gangopadhyay
    Pages 161-184

  10. Policy Embodied: An Ethnographic Pursuit of Everyday Risks in Kampala

    • Serena Cruz
    Pages 185-205

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 207-230
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About this book

This volume offers unique perspectives on how to engage in methods of inquiry in Political Science. Applying the debate in the field over the validity of qualitative methods, the authors illustrate how various methodological approaches are both rigorous and empirically rich. Each of the chapters consists of a particular methodological approach that offers useful insight into pressing political problems important for policy and for theory building. Drawing upon both positivist and interpretive approaches, the chapters illustrate how to engage in qualitative research involving case studies, content analysis and ethnography, each outlining the “doing” part of research. The volume is theoretically, thematically and geographically diverse, important for students and scholars across the field. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Arcadia University, Glenside, PA, USA

    Angela Kachuyevski

  • New York University, New York, NY, USA

    Lisa M. Samuel

About the editors

Angela Kachuyevski is Associate Professor of Political Science at Arcadia University, USA.


Lisa M. Samuel is Academic Director and Clinical Assistant Professor at New York University’s School of Professional Studies Division of Applied Undergraduate Studies, USA.



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