FSS:EVS405 Analysis and Research Methods - Course Information
EVS405 Analysis and Research Methods in European policy
Faculty of Social StudiesSpring 2020
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Monika Brusenbauch Meislová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Vratislav Havlík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Vít Hloušek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Petr Kaniok, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petra Kuchyňková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Veronika Velička Zapletalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Markéta Pitrová, Ph.D. (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Petr Kaniok, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Thu 20. 2. 8:00–11:40 P24, Thu 5. 3. 8:00–11:40 P24, Thu 19. 3. 8:00–11:40 P24, Thu 2. 4. 8:00–11:40 P24, Fri 17. 4. 8:00–11:40 P24, Thu 23. 4. 8:00–11:40 P24, Thu 7. 5. 8:00–11:40 P24, Thu 14. 5. 8:00–11:40 P24
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ! EVSn4003 Analysis and Research Methods && ! NOW ( EVSn4003 Analysis and Research Methods )
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- European Studies (programme FSS, N-EVS)
- European Studies (programme FSS, N-MS)
- Course objectives
- Current social science research emphasizes methodological soundness, which applies also to the research field of European studies. The course “Analysis and Methods of Research of European Politics” builds on the BA course “Methodology of Political Science and IR Research”. The objective of the course is to introduce students to concrete research methods and prepare them for writing academic texts. Students will familiarize themselves with the scholarly terminology and will understand logic of research. In addition to the research proposal and the conduct of research, students will get training on how to present outcomes of their research.
- Learning outcomes
- Students will familiarize themselves with the scholarly terminology and will understand logic of research.
- Syllabus
- I. Case Study and Comparative Analysis
- II. Content Analysis
- III. Discoursive Analysis
- IV. Process tracing
- V. Interview
- VI. Understanding QN research
- VII. Research Design and Presentation
- Literature
- HIX, Simon and Bjørn Kåre HØYLAND. The political system of the European Union. 3rd ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, xiii, 400. ISBN 9780230249820. info
- DRULÁK, Petr. Jak zkoumat politiku : kvalitativní metodologie v politologii a mezinárodních vztazích. Praha: Portál, 2008, 255 pp. ISBN 978-80-7367-385-7. info
- MOSES, Jonathon Wayne and Torbjørn L. KNUTSEN. Ways of knowing : competing methodologies and methods in social and political research. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, xiv, 330. ISBN 9780230516656. info
- FIALA, Petr and Klaus SCHUBERT. Moderní analýza politiky : uvedení do teorií a metod policy analysis. 1. vyd. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2000, 170 s. ISBN 8085947501. info
- Teaching methods
- The course is carried out by lectures and seminars where students present and discuss their ideas.
- Assessment methods
- Course requirements consist of completion of all tasks for individual seminars and of a presentation of a research proposal (10 to 15 standard pages).
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zapisují studenti od im. roku 2013/2014 - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2020, recent)
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