The Methodology of Political Research: A Polemic with Karel B. Müller Cover Image
  • Price 4.50 €

Metodologie výzkumu politiky: polemika s Karlem B. Müllerem
The Methodology of Political Research: A Polemic with Karel B. Müller

Author(s): Petr Drulák
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Česká společnost pro politické vědy
Keywords: methodology; method; philosophy of science; positivism; hermeneutics

Summary/Abstract: The article takes issue with a book review by Karel B. Müller. It argues that the disciplines of political science and international relations share their methodologies and methods, and that each discipline uses both nomothetic and idiographic approaches. Also, it addresses the roles of positivism and of hermeneutics in political research. Finally, the article makes a clear distinction between the philosophy of science and its methodology emphasizing the theoretical and practical significance of the methodological research.

  • Issue Year: 15/2009
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 79-85
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Czech