The Sage Handbook of Research Methods in Political Science and International Relations

The SAGE Handbook of Research Methods in Political Science and International Relations offers a comprehensive overview of research processes in social science ― from the ideation and design of research projects, through the construction of theoretical arguments, to conceptualization, measurement, & data collection, and quantitative & qualitative empirical analysis ― exposited through 65 major new contributions from leading international methodologists. 

Each chapter surveys, builds upon, and extends the modern state of the art in its area. Following through its six-part organization, undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and practicing academics will be guided through the design, methods, and analysis of issues in Political Science and International Relations:

Part One: Formulating Good Research Questions & Designing Good Research Projects

Part Two: Methods of Theoretical Argumentation

Part Three: Conceptualization & Measurement

Part Four: Large-Scale Data Collection & Representation Methods

Part Five: Quantitative-Empirical Methods

Part Six: Qualitative & "Mixed" Methods

Luigi Curini is Professor of Political Science at the University of Milan, Italy, and Visiting Professor at Waseda University of Tokyo, Japan. His research focuses on comparative politics, valence politics, text analytics. He is (co-)author of seven books including Corruption, Ideology, and Populism (2018) and Politics and Big Data (2017) and more than fifty articles and chapters.

Robert Franzese is Professor and Associate Chair of Political Science, Director of the Program in International and Comparative Studies, and Research Professor in the Center for Political Studies of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan; and a past President of The Society for Political Methodology. He is (co-)author or (co-)editor of seven books or collections, including the forthcoming Empirical Analysis of Spatial Interdependence and more than fifty articles, chapters, and papers including most germanely "Spatial-Econometric Models of Cross-Sectional Interdependence in Political-Science Panel and Time-Series-Cross-Section Data", "A Spatial Model Incorporating Dynamic, Endogenous Network Interdependence: A Political Science Application", and "Interdependence in Comparative Politics: Substance, Theory, Empirics, Substance".