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Political Science Student Writer's Manual, The, 6th Edition

By Gregory M. Scott, Steve M. Garrison

ISBN-10: 0-13-602945-0

ISBN-13: 978-0-13-602945-8What's this?

Published by Longman

© 2008

Pub. Date: Dec 18, 2007

Format: Paper

Table of Contents

PART 1           Welcome to Political Science           

            1                     The Creative Study of Politics               

            2                     Four Millenniums of Thinking About Politics                  

            3                     Current Approaches to Studying Politics                       

            4                     Some Quantitative Methods in Political Science  

PART 2           A Handbook of Style for Political Science   

            5                     Writing as Communication                    

            6                     Writing Competently                             

            7                     Paper Formats            

            8                     Citing Sources              

PART 3           Conducting Research in Political Science     

            9                     Organizing the Research Process                                   

            10                   Library Information Resources                          

            11                   Internet Information Resources                                      

PART 4           Critical Thinking and Acting in Politics       

            12                   Book Reviews and Article Critiques                

            13                   Writing to Communicate and Act         

            14                   Critical Thinking Exercises       

            15                   Elementary Policy Analysis: Position Papers     

PART 5           Papers Throughout Political Science           

            16                   Descriptive and Analytical Research Papers                  

            17                   Comparing Governments                      

            18                   Policy Analysis Papers 

            19                   Amicus Curiae Briefs   

            20                   Public Opinion Survey Papers               

Glossary of Political Science Terms                                         

Bibliography                                       

Index                                      

 

 

 

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