This unique book is the first comprehensive guide to the discovery, analysis, and evaluation of natural experiments - an increasingly popular methodology in the social sciences. Thad Dunning provides an introduction to key issues in causal inference, including model specification, and emphasizes the importance of strong research design over complex statistical analysis. Surveying many examples of standard natural experiments, regression-discontinuity designs, and instrumental-variables designs, Dunning highlights both the strengths and potential weaknesses of these methods, aiding researchers in better harnessing the promise of natural experiments while avoiding the pitfalls. Dunning also demonstrates the contribution of qualitative methods to natural experiments and proposes new ways to integrate qualitative and quantitative techniques. Chapters complete with exercises and appendices covering specialized topics such as cluster-randomized natural experiments, make this an ideal teaching tool as well as a valuable book for professional researchers.

"Seven Rules for Social Research" teaches social scientists how to get the most out of their technical skills and tools, providing a resource that fully describes the strategies and concepts no researcher or student of human behavior can do without. Glenn Firebaugh provides indispensable practical guidance for anyone doing research in the social and health sciences today, whether they are undergraduate or graduate students embarking on their first major research projects or seasoned professionals seeking to incorporate new methods into their research. The rules are the basis for discussions of a broad range of issues, from choosing a research question to inferring causal relationships, and are illustrated with applications and case studies from sociology, economics, political science, and related fields. Though geared toward quantitative methods, the rules also work for qualitative research. "Seven Rules for Social Research" is ideal for students and researchers who want to take their technical skills to new levels of precision and insight, and for instructors who want a textbook for a second methods course. The Seven Rules are as follows: there should be the possibility of surprise in social research; look for differences that make a difference, and report them; build reality checks into your research; replicate where possible; compare like with like; use panel data to study individual change and repeated cross-section data to study social change; and, let method be the servant, not the master.

《高等学校教材•社会研究方法:定性研究与定量研究(第6版)(英文版)》是一部概述社会科学研究方法的经典之作。近20年来，在美国、英国、加拿大、澳大利亚、新加坡、中国台湾、中国香港等国家和地区的高校内被广泛选作教材，《高等学校教材•社会研究方法:定性研究与定量研究(第6版)(英文版)》是其最新修订的第6版的英文版。该书对定性研究和定量研究进行了全面而均衡的论述，强调了将各种方法综合运用的益处。书中收录了大量真实社会研究案例，从而帮助学生和读者形象地理解和掌握概念和方法。 《高等学校教材•社会研究方法:定性研究与定量研究(第6版)(英文版)》分5编共16章，分别介绍了理论与方法的关系，方法论的含义，文献检索与学术伦理，定量与定性研究的设计、测量与取样，实验研究，调查研究，非反应式研究、田野研究、历史比较研究，以及如何撰写研究报告等。 《高等学校教材•社会研究方法:定性研究与定量研究(第6版)(英文版)》可作为我国高等院校经济学、管理学、心理学、政治学、法学、社会学、教育学以及传播学等社会科学专业本科研究方法双语教学课适用教材，也可供专业研究人员参考。 点击链接进入： 心理测验与评估学习指南(第6版) 心理统计导论(第9版) 心理统计学习指南(双语版) 如何成为质性研究专家(英文版)(第3版) 心理测验：历史、原理及应用(第5版)(英文版) 高等学校教材•社会研究方法:定性研究与定量研究(第6版)(英文版) 心理学实验的设计与报告(第2版)(中文版) 心理学研究方法(第6版) 心理学研究方法(第7版) APA出版手册(简明版)(第5版) SAS应用统计分析(第5版) 行为研究纲要:方法与数据分析(英文注释版)(第3版)

《案例研究方法的应用(第2版)(校订新译本)》结合案例研究方法的理论，为读者提供了一些应用案例研究方法进行研究的“案例”。这些“案例”都是由作者本人主持完成的，对意欲采用案例研究方法进行研究的读者能起到一种范例的作用。对于《案例研究方法的应用(第2版)(校订新译本)》的阅读，我们有三点建议：《案例研究方法的应用(第2版)(校订新译本)》讲述的每个案例，都建基于案例研究的基本理论，这些基本理论均详述于其姊妹篇《案例研究：设计与方法》一书，因此，将两《案例研究方法的应用(第2版)(校订新译本)》结合起来阅读效果更好。 在讲每个案例前，作者都提供了相应的材料框，这些材料框是理解相应案例研究的理论基础，因此，对书中22个材料框的理解十分重要。 书中案例的排版形式变化也传递了某种进行案例研究的方式（如：《案例研究方法的应用(第2版)(校订新译本)》第5章的变化），因此，这些版式变化绝不是可有可无的，读者应该去理解这些变化的意义。

Studying a social science degree? Need to know how to develop your research methods and write up your results more effectively? In the fourth edition of this lively and engaging textbook, Alan Bryman presents students with an updated and all-encompassing guide to the principle techniques and methodology in the field of Social Research. Adopting a coherent and student-friendly format, the book offers an encyclopaedic introduction to social research methodology, and considers a broad range of qualitative and quantitative methods to help students identify and evaluate the best approach for their research needs. Building on the success of the previous editions, this book is concerned with the ways that social researchers approach their craft. Bryman guides the reader through all aspects of the research process including formulating objectives, choosing research methods, securing research participants, as well as advice on how to effectively collect, analyse and interpret data and disseminate those findings to others. This fourth edition features a new 'supervisor experience' feature, which offers helpful tips from the supervisor's perspective on successful research, as well as a new chapter which tackles the sampling issues faced by qualitative researchers in a more consolidated fashion than in previous editions. Substantial updates have also been made to the existing material, particularly the internet research section, which has been fully revised to accommodate the extensive developments in this area. An Online Resource Centre accompanies the text and includes: For students: A student researcher's toolkit, providing guidance and advice on every aspect of social research Student experience podcasts Self-marking multiple choice questions for revision Annotated web links to useful articles, reviews, models and research guides A guide to using Excel in data analysis For lecturers: A lecturer's guide including lecture outlines, reading lists and teaching activities A suite of customisable PowerPoint slides Figures and tables from the text Case studies

《社会科学学术写作规范与技巧:如何撰写论文和著作(第2版)》在进行学术论文写作时，几乎所有的学生和学者都会有一种向读者表达自己的想法而不是与他们进行交流的压力，从而使写作者走进写作误区。因此，社会学家Howard S.Becker出版了《社会科学学术写作规范与技巧:如何撰写论文和著作(第2版)》，告诉人们怎样克服这种压力，使写作论文的过程变得更简单易行。从20多年前第一版出版至今，成为所有研究领域从事学术研究和进行论文写作的人的指南。在新版中，作者除了保留第一版的许多有益內容之外，增加了电脑技术給写作著者带來的变化和挑战等內容。

Some in the social sciences argue that the same logic applies to both qualitative and quantitative methods. In "A Tale of Two Cultures", Gary Goertz and James Mahoney demonstrate that these two paradigms constitute different cultures, each internally coherent yet marked by contrasting norms, practices, and toolkits. They identify and discuss major differences between these two traditions that touch nearly every aspect of social science research, including design, goals, causal effects and models, concepts and measurement, data analysis, and case selection. Although focused on the differences between qualitative and quantitative research, Goertz and Mahoney also seek to promote toleration, exchange, and learning by enabling scholars to think beyond their own culture and see an alternative scientific worldview. This book is written in an easily accessible style and features a host of real-world examples to illustrate methodological points.

Drawing on more than four decades of experience as a researcher and teacher, Howard Becker now brings to students and researchers the many valuable techniques he has learned. Tricks of the Trade will help students learn how to think about research projects. Assisted by Becker's sage advice, students can make better sense of their research and simultaneously generate fresh ideas on where to look next for new data. The tricks cover four broad areas of social science: the creation of the "imagery" to guide research; methods of "sampling" to generate maximum variety in the data; the development of "concepts" to organize findings; and the use of "logical" methods to explore systematically the implications of what is found. Becker's advice ranges from simple tricks such as changing an interview question from "Why?" to "How?" (as a way of getting people to talk without asking for a justification) to more technical tricks such as how to manipulate truth tables. Becker has extracted these tricks from a variety of fields such as art history, anthropology, sociology, literature, and philosophy; and his dazzling variety of references ranges from James Agee to Ludwig Wittgenstein. Becker finds the common principles that lie behind good social science work, principles that apply to both quantitative and qualitative research. He offers practical advice, ideas students can apply to their data with the confidence that they will return with something they hadn't thought of before. Like Writing for Social Scientists, Tricks of the Trade will bring aid and comfort to generations of students. Written in the informal, accessible style for which Becker is known, this book will be an essential resource for students in a wide variety of fields. "An instant classic. . . . Becker's stories and reflections make a great book, one that will find its way into the hands of a great many social scientists, and as with everything he writes, it is lively and accessible, a joy to read."—Charles Ragin, Northwestern University

Drawing on more than four decades of experience as a researcher and teacher, Howard Becker now brings to students and researchers the many valuable techniques he has learned. Tricks of the Trade will help students learn how to think about research projects. Assisted by Becker's sage advice, students can make better sense of their research and simultaneously generate fresh ideas on where to look next for new data. The tricks cover four broad areas of social science: the creation of the "imagery" to guide research; methods of "sampling" to generate maximum variety in the data; the development of "concepts" to organize findings; and the use of "logical" methods to explore systematically the implications of what is found. Becker's advice ranges from simple tricks such as changing an interview question from "Why?" to "How?" (as a way of getting people to talk without asking for a justification) to more technical tricks such as how to manipulate truth tables. Becker has extracted these tricks from a variety of fields such as art history, anthropology, sociology, literature, and philosophy; and his dazzling variety of references ranges from James Agee to Ludwig Wittgenstein. Becker finds the common principles that lie behind good social science work, principles that apply to both quantitative and qualitative research. He offers practical advice, ideas students can apply to their data with the confidence that they will return with something they hadn't thought of before. Like Writing for Social Scientists, Tricks of the Trade will bring aid and comfort to generations of students. Written in the informal, accessible style for which Becker is known, this book will be an essential resource for students in a wide variety of fields. "An instant classic. . . . Becker's stories and reflections make a great book, one that will find its way into the hands of a great many social scientists, and as with everything he writes, it is lively and accessible, a joy to read."—Charles Ragin, Northwestern University

What can the great crises of the past teach us about contemporary revolutions? Arguing from an exciting and original perspective, Goldstone suggests that great revolutions were the product of 'ecological crises' that occurred when inflexible political, economic, and social institutions were overwhelmed by the cumulative pressure of population growth on limited available resources. Moreover, he contends that the causes of the great revolutions of Europe--the English and French revolutions--were similar to those of the great rebellions of Asia, which shattered dynasties in Ottoman Turkey, China, and Japan. The author observes that revolutions and rebellions have more often produced a crushing state orthodoxy than liberal institutions, leading to the conclusion that perhaps it is vain to expect revolution to bring democracy and economic progress. Instead, contends Goldstone, the path to these goals must begin with respect for individual liberty rather than authoritarian movements of 'national liberation.' Arguing that the threat of revolution is still with us, Goldstone urges us to heed the lessons of the past. He sees in the United States a repetition of the behavior patterns that have led to internal decay and international decline in the past, a situation calling for new leadership and careful attention to the balance between our consumption and our resources. Meticulously researched, forcefully argued, and strikingly original, Revolutions and Rebellions in the Early Modern World is a tour de force by a brilliant young scholar. It is a book that will surely engender much discussion and debate.

http://www.sociologypress.com/books/classic_series/the_discovery_of_grounded_theory.htm The seminal work on classic grounded theory methodology, co-authored by Barney G. Glaser and Anselm Strauss. CONTENT I The Discovery of Grounded Theory Part I Generating Theory by Comparative Analysis II Generating Theory III Theoretical Sampling IV From Substantive to Formal Theory V The Constant Comparative Method of Qualitative Analysis VI Clarifying and Assessing Comparative Studies Part II The Flexible Use of Data VII New Sources of Qualitative Data VIII Theoretical Elaboration of Quantitative Data Part III Implications of Grounded Theory IX The Credibility of Grounded Theory X Applying Grounded Theory XI Insight and Theory Development Epilogue Index

约翰·福克斯等编著的《社会科学中的数理基础及应用》由五种讨论社 会科学研究中的数理基础知识的小册子组成，分别是 《社会统计的数学基础》、《微分方程：一种建模方法》、《基于布尔代数 的比较法 导论》、《模糊集合理论在社会科学中的应用》以及《评估不平等》。任何 用定量 方法对社会科学中的某些问题进行研究的人都需要对数理知识和方法有一定 的了解。《社会科学中的数理基础及应用》首先介绍了定量方法中常用的数 理知识，然后具体介绍了如何以 微分方程来构建模型、比较法的基础知识以及模糊集合理论在社会科学中的 应 用，最后针对社会科学中的中心话题——不平等问题，介绍了对不平等的各 种 测量方法。 《社会统计的数学基础》的内容涵盖了许多数学和统计学中的基础知识 ，比 如矩阵、线性代数、积分、概率理论和统计分布。《微分方程：一种建模方 法》着 重介绍微分方程，提出改变以变量为取向的思维定势，强调对过程的理解。 《基 于布尔代数的比较法导论》对比较法进行了深入论述并提供了技术指导，如 布 尔代数、“小样本”方法、“模糊集合”方法等。《模糊集合理论在社会科 学中的应 用》提供了一种处理模糊性的适当方法，为那些希望进行统计推论的研究者 提 供指引。《评估不平等》提供了不平等测量的原理和标准，并将其与分位数 回归 方法相联系，探讨对整体分布进行比较的方法。

本书是对政治学领域进行研究设计的基本问题的方法论介绍，内容浅显易懂，是一本使用的操作指南，适合政治学、社会学、人类学、经济学和历史学专业的研究生和本科生及其导师使用。全书分为六章，分别论述研究设计与相关知识的构建；研究问题的提出如何影响研究结果；研究对象和案例的选择如何影响研究结果；研究论据的采用如何影响研究结果；研究方法和技术的选择如何影响研究结果；以及最后的总结。

This book is an expanded and revised edition of the author's critically acclaimed volume Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences. In twenty-six succinct chapters, Jon Elster provides an account of the nature of explanation in the social sciences. He offers an overview of key explanatory mechanisms in the social sciences, relying on hundreds of examples and drawing on a large variety of sources-psychology, behavioral economics, biology, political science, historical writings, philosophy and fiction. Written in accessible and jargon-free language, Elster aims at accuracy and clarity while eschewing formal models.

定性方法是社会科学研究中特别重要的一种方法。本着找回定性研究之传统、发展定性研究之方法两个基本宗旨，本书较为系统的介绍和阐述了定性社会研究方法。书中以定性方法在社会研究中的具体运用为基础，从定性研究的方法论、具体方法、技术手段和实际应用四个方面，完整的勾勒出定性社会研究的方法体系。注重经典研究和实际应用是本书特点之一。对定性研究中不同理论范式和方法的剖析，结合了对社会学人类学中的一些经典研究的回顾，因而也可帮助读者理解如何运用定性方法来构建社会理论。

《知识与权力》是当今世界最重要的经济学家、数字时代三大思想家之一乔治•吉尔德的最新重磅作品。乔治•吉尔德80年代所著的《财富与贫困》一书，被称为“美国新右派的资本主义宣言书”，为美国里根时期的改革提供了最重要的理论支持，也对中国产生了极大的影响。这本新书从一个全新的角度探讨了政府与企业家、政府与市场的关系问题，权力代表政府，知识代表拥有智力和创新能力的企业家。乔治•吉尔德提出，企业家掌握的知识以及企业家分享知识、利用知识的自由是推动经济发展的动力之源，要想让经济有效发展，关键是要解决具有创新意识的企业家与看得见的政府之手之间的矛盾。 在西方，《知识与权力》被认为是将重塑经济学，重新设定人们讨论经济学时措辞的重要作品，也被认为将会改变人们判断政府行为对经济所造成影响的方式。无论对于政府、智库、学者还是企业家、创业者等，这都是一本不容错过的经济学大作。

《分析社会情境:质性观察与分析方法》按照实地研究的步骤和程序，以通俗易懂的语言及生动鲜明的实例和实践操作方法，帮助初学者掌握搜集、聚焦和分析质性资料的方法。《分析社会情境:质性观察与分析方法》的特色主要体现在以下几个方面：第一，着重描述和分解了实地调查研究相互重叠的三个阶段：资料的搜集、聚焦与分析。第二，从新近研究著作和研究方法评论的经典中，精挑细选许多新的例证。第三，广泛而细致地介绍了编码、备忘方法及电脑在资料整理和分析中的运用。第四，就“后现代主义”等新兴理论及相关观点进行了探讨。《分析社会情境:质性观察与分析方法》适合于社会学、人类学、社会工作、教育等诸多社会科学领域的学习者使用。

《如何做质性研究》共分8大部分(主体是前5部分)，次序大体上按照开展一项研究的时间顺序安排，并根据新手们在一个完整的质性研究过程中面临的实际情境一一讲授。第一部分针对的是刚读研究生的学生。第二部分着力于做研究设计时会出现的基本问题：如何选择论题、如何运用理论和选择方法、如何选择案例、如何撰写研究计划书等。第三部分集中处理收集和分析数据时可能面临的问题：如何进行初步分析、如何运用计算机进行资料分析，以及如何评估质性研究的优劣。第四部分讨论了做研究记录、处理田野中的各种关系，以及如何获得研究反馈等问题。第五部分是关于质性写作的。 《如何做质性研究》的每一部分大致上都自成一体，读者可以毫无困难地穿行其间，选择需要的章节阅读，并在适当的时候使用《如何做质性研究》提供的术语表。