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The purpose of this course is to help graduate students (MA and PhD candidates) develop skills necessary for setting up an effective research design, writing a proposal, and articulating their research findings in writing. The objectives include both the enhancement of students’ analytical and critical skills and their writing capabilities. This is a hands-on course in which students are expected to put in practice the principles and guidelines they read about in the texts assigned and that we discuss in class.
By the end of the semester students will be able to: · understand a writing assignment · draft a literature review · design research questions · match research questions to the right method · design a schedule of research activities · draft a proposal (this may be an essay, but generally anticipates discussing your own research) · design the outline of research paper · evaluate peers’ proposals and research papers The emphasis will be on qualitative research methods which is usually underfunded. Poslední úprava: Miller Sean Mark, MA et MA (03.08.2023)
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Compulsory literature Ellison, C. (2010), McGraw-Hill's concise guide to writing research papers, McGraw-Hill. Guba, Egon G., and Yvonna S. Lincoln (1994), ‘Competing paradigms in qualitative research’, in: Handbook of qualitative research 2, pp. 163-194. Writing for Sociology (WFS), Department of Sociology, Berkeley.
Recommended literature Castiglione, D. et al. (2008), Handbook of social capital, Oxford University Press; Chapter 13, M. Fennema and J. Tillie, ‘Social Capital in Multicultural Societies’. Crouch, Colin. Post-Democracy Polity (2004). Delanty, Gerard. "Conceptions of Europe: a review of recent trends." European journal of social theory 6.4 (2003): 471-488. chapter 'EU Democratic Oversight and Domestic Deviation from the Rule of Law: Sociological Reflections', in: C.Closa and D. Kochenov (eds), Reinforcing the Rule of Law Oversight in the European Union, Cambridge University Press. Favell, Adrian. Eurostars and Eurocities: Free Moving Urban Professionals in an Integrating Europe. (2008), Wiley. Fuchs, Dieter, and Hans-Dieter Klingemann. "Eastward enlargement of the European Union and the identity of Europe." West European Politics 25.2 (2002): 19-54. Nash, Kate. "Human rights, movements and law: On not researching legitimacy." Sociology 46.5 (2012): 797-812. Smith, Joe, Tomáš Kostelecký, and Petr Jehlička (2015), ‘Quietly does it: Questioning assumptions about class, sustainability and consumption’, Geoforum. Poslední úprava: Miller Sean Mark, MA et MA (03.08.2023)
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Final essay: 2500 words + minimum of 5 scholarly references Topic: any relevant topic in the social sciences, feasible for a short essay Course Requirements: · Attend all classes · Complete all (homework) assignments · Complete all readings · Participate in class discussion · Complete a research proposal or a research paper by the end of the exam period · Meet with professor at least once during the semester
Evaluative scheme final papers
Poslední úprava: Miller Sean Mark, MA et MA (03.08.2023)
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1. Introduction 2. Sociological research paradigms 3. Choosing a project (changes to this are ONLY with teacher's approval, so you should already have an idea at the beginning of the term, based on your own research in the social sciences) 4. Starting to draft 5. Types of research 6. Writing a good paper I 7. Writing a good paper II 8. Literature review 10. Other people’s work and feedback 11. Proper citation and plagiarism 12. Summary and presentations (you present your research to the class in December and then complete the paper in the exam term)
Poslední úprava: Miller Sean Mark, MA et MA (03.08.2023)
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