Qualitative Methods in Political Research

2024/2025

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

3

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент социологии

Статус:

Курс по выбору

Когда читается:

1-й курс, 3 модуль

Преподаватель

Крупец Яна Николаевна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The goal of this course is to present the fundamentals of qualitative social research, as well as to develop students’ skills of using qualitative methods in their own empirical research. Students will learn how to plan, to organize and to implement qualitative research, how to collect data and how to analyze them afterwards. In the frame of this research seminar, the focus will be done on the development of practical skills. The main idea of the seminar: learning through experience. Students will learn qualitative research by doing it. They will develop their own research design, will conduct the interviews and participant observation, will analyze collected data.

Learning Objectives

• The goal of this course is to present the fundamentals of qualitative social research, as well as to develop students’ skills of using qualitative methods in their own empirical research.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Able to organize and to conduct qualitative research
• Able to use qualitative methods for collection and analysis of data
• Know basic strategies and methods of qualitative research
• Understand the principles of qualitative research
• Student knows the basic strategies of qualitaitve research and differences between them.

Course Contents

• Introduction of qualitative research. The methodological basis. Design of qualitative research.
• Strategies of qualitative research: general overview
• Qualitative interview. Qualitative analysis of interview.
• Discourse analysis.

Assessment Elements

• Research Design
• Data collection
• The analysis of the data

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 3rd module
  0.3 * Data collection + 0.3 * Research Design + 0.4 * The analysis of the data

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Leavy, P. (2014). The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=779511
• Patricia Leavy. (2020). The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research: Vol. Second edition. Oxford University Press.
• Qualitative research in political science. Vol.1: Backgrounds, pathways and directions in qualitative methodology, , 2016
• Sharan B. Merriam, & Robin S. Grenier. (2019). Qualitative Research in Practice : Examples for Discussion and Analysis: Vol. Second edition. Jossey-Bass.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Hesse-Biber, S. N., & Johnson, B. (2015). The Oxford Handbook of Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research Inquiry. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=989215
• Saldaña, J. (2011). Fundamentals of Qualitative Research. New York: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=355780
• Van Puyvelde, D. V. (DE-588)1138994839, (DE-576)492808287, aut. (2018). Qualitative research interviews and the study of national security intelligence / Damien Van Puyvelde, University of Glasgow. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.513894985

Authors

• KRUPETS Iana NIKOLAEVNA