In an effort to re-link empirical research to pressing questions of public policy, Terms of Inquiry provides a much needed discussion of practical research methods in a critically important discipline.
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Of Concepts and Conceptualization
3. Scientific Concepts and the Study of Politics
4. If...Maybe
5. Social Behavior and the Indeterminacy of Norms
6. Methods for the Production of Practical Knowledge
Notes
Bibliography
Index