General literature (whole course):
- 6, P. & Bellamy, C. (2012) Principles of Methodology: Research Design in Social Science. London: Sage. [336 pp.]
- Oliver, P. (2010) The student’s guide to research ethics. 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill/Open University Press (Open UP study skills). [170 pp.]
- Rosenberg, A. (2015) Philosophy of Social Science (5th ed.). Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press. [360 pp.]
Quantitative methods
- Chambliss, D. and Schutt, R. (2018) Making Sense of the Social World: Methods of Investigation. London: Sage. [400 pp.]
Interview and observation methods
- Brinkmann, S., and Kvale, S. (2018) Doing interviews, Qualitative research Kit (2nd ed.). London: Sage. [120 pp.]
- Hammersley Martin (2007) Ethnography. Principles in Practice. London and NY: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group (E-book). [280 pp.]
- Karlsson, J. C. and Bergman, A. (2016) Methods for Social Theory. Analytical Tools for Theorizing and Writing. Abingdon-on-Thames, UK: Routledge. [168 pp.]
- Mayan, M. J. (2009) Essentials of Qualitative Inquiry. London and New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group. [172 pp.]
Methods for text analysis
- Boréus, K. and Bergström, G. (2017) Analyzing Text and Discourse: Eight Approaches for the Social Science. London: Sage. [304 pp.]
Policy Analysis
- Bacchi, C. (2009) Analysing Policy. What is the Problem Represented to be? Pearson [297 sidor]
- Stone, D. (2011) Policy Paradox. The Art of Political Decision Making. W W Norton [416 sidor]
Additional literature (500 pages) may be added.
