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Content-analyzing Political Texts. A Quantitative Approach
This book is a manual on content analysis of political texts. The first part is a self-help text for students and researchers who want to test their own research hypotheses by using this methodological tool. The second part is aimed at students and researchers interested in applying a specific approach to content analysis of political texts: the coding of elections programs. The book discusses in particular the coding system of the Manifesto Project. The third part presents a summary of the main questions and research hypotheses which have been examined in political science using Manifesto Project data, and offers numerous suggestions on how to use the data for a specific research project.
International Bibliography of Sociology
IBSS is the essential tool for librarians, university departments, research institutions and any public or private institution whose work requires access to up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge on the social sciences.
Studying Cities and City Life
Studying Cities and City Life is a textbook designed to provide an introduction to the major methods of obtaining data for use when analysing cities and social life in cities. Major chapters focus upon best practices in: field studies (participant observation) natural experiments and quasi-experiments surveys employing probability and non-probability samples secondary analyses of previously published documents. A separate chapter examines a full range of questionnaires and interviews. Each chapter includes discussion of several case studies, and recently published research employing the method being discussed. This discussion highlights the issues and choices made by investigators in actual studies conducted in cities throughout the world. This unique book is designed for use in research methods courses that primarily enroll students majoring in Urban Sociology, Urban Studies, Urban Geography, Urban Planning, and related areas.
Minorities and Deviance
Grounded in both current and original research, Minorities and Deviance, expands the definition of stress and its relationship to deviance, providing a better understanding the role stress can play in addiction, obsession, and self-harm. Focusing on ten types of relatively minor deviant behaviors, Pamela Black explores the stress engendered by minority group membership and the associated feelings of powerlessness and how this can serve as a significant source of stress in and of itself, but when combined with other stressors magnifies the possibility of deviance. Using theoretical constructs derived from Robert Agnew’s 1992 General Strain Theory, Black tests the effects of not only minority group membership and powerlessness as stressors, but also examines group differences in the effect of more traditional forms of stress: finances, health, and relationships.
International Handbook of Survey Methodology
Taking into account both traditional and emerging modes, this comprehensive new Handbook covers all major methodological and statistical issues in designing and analyzing surveys. With contributions from the world's leading survey methodologists and statisticians, this invaluable new resource provides guidance on collecting survey data and creating meaningful results. Featuring examples from a variety of countries, the book reviews such things as how to deal with sample designs, write survey questions, and collect data on the Internet. A thorough review of the procedures associated with multiple modes of collecting sample survey information and applying that combination of methods that fit t...
Ojo sociológico
Esta obra aborda la investigación de la realidad social con imágenes. Analiza el canon visual, centrándose en las imágenes en movimiento, conocidas como documentales y también como vídeos. Estudia en detalle una docena de los mejores proyectos visuales realizados en los últimos cien años. Se complementa con las películas accesibles (gratuitamente) con los enlaces Web que se reseñan en cada capítulo, especialmente en Youtube. Presenta además una decena de «películas híbridas» — entre ficción y documental— que sirven para seguir investigando.Se trata de un texto válido para las diversas ciencias sociales. Su objetivo es doble. En primer lugar analiza la forma en que las i...
Modelo Bifactorial Inercia-Incertidumbre Alaminos-Tezanos. Aplicación al diagnóstico preelectoral y evaluación del impacto de campaña.
La medición constituye la clave del arco de la metodología científica formado por la lógica hipotético-deductiva y el empirismo. A diferencia de los modelos prospectivos, que se ocupan de los estados futuros, la medición del estado actual de los apoyos electorales de una formación política permanece como un área de investigación generalmente reservada a la actividad comercial de las empresas demoscópicas. Sin embargo, la medición abre un amplio campo de posibilidades al científico social, como son la evaluación del rendimiento de las campañas electorales, la estimación de impacto de eventos previos a las elecciones o el análisis de las dinámicas de militancia y volatilidad....
El deporte en la construcción del espacio social
El objetivo básico de este libro es analizar el deporte como un dispositivo y un proceso que tienen naturaleza social. Así, el concepto de deporte se ve sometido a una recapitulación de su categoría formal, tradicionalmente más vinculada a la actividad física que a la actividad social. El ejercicio deportivo es una práctica social que está atravesada por mecanismos de asociación y por lenguajes grupales que son autónomos e interdependientes. Y esta constatación se verificó mediante una investigación que recogió datos a través de observación de campo, entrevistas personales y encuestas estadísticas realizadas en Sevilla. Las luchas y convivencias entre los agentes sociales de...
