Module POLM886 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
POLM886: Dissertation
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
G King, R Keohane and S Verba, Designing Social Inquiry (Princeton UP, 1994);
D Burton (ed), Research Training for Social Scientists: A Handbook for Postgraduate Researchers (Sage, 2000).
I. Furseth and E.L. Everett, Doing Your Master′s Dissertation: From Start to Finish (Sage, 2013).
D. Ridley, The literature review: a step-by-step guide for students (Sage, 2008).
B. Lucinda, Writing successful reports and dissertations (Sage, 2015).
P.C. Shon, How to read journal articles in the social sciences: a very practical guide for students (Sage, 2015).
M.S. Felix and I. Smith, A Practical Guide to Dissertation and Thesis Writing (Cambridge Scholars Publisher, 2019).
Subject-specific reading will varying according to research topic.
