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Toward a Pluralistic Vision of Methodology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2017

Henry E. Brady
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, 210 Barrows Hall, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-1950. e-mail: hbrady@berkeley.edu (corresponding author)
David Collier
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, 210 Barrows Hall, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-1950. e-mail: dcollier@berkeley.edu
Jason Seawright
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, 210 Barrows Hall, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-1950. e-mail: seawrigh@socrates.berkeley.edu

Extract

The discussion of qualitative and quantitative research methods in political science has followed a “long arc of development,” according to Andrew Bennett (this symposium). He sees our book Rethinking Social Inquiry: Diverse Tools, Standards (RSI) as a “key turning point” in this development and as contributing to a more pluralistic vision of methodology. We would certainly be gratified if we have indeed made this contribution. Yet this is an ongoing discussion, and this symposium points to fruitful directions this discussion can take.

Type
Symposium on Rethinking Social Inquiry
Copyright
Copyright © The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Political Methodology 

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