Ways of knowing : competing methodologies in social and political research / Jonathon W. Moses and Torbjørn L. Knutsen.

"This major new textbook on methodology in social and political science focuses centrally on the debate between positivist and constructivist approaches. It introduces in a lively and accessible way a range of key issues--from the nature of knowledge to the strengths and weaknesses of the main...

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Main Authors: Moses, Jonathon Wayne, 1962- (Author), Knutsen, Torbjørn L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
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