QUALITATIVE METHODS WORKING GROUP AT APSA 2007:
NEW PERSPECTIVES ON QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE TOOLS
As noted on the APSA webpage at http://www.apsanet.org/section_584.cfm, APSA is again offering opportunities for focused scholarly interaction at its annual meeting: working groups that bring together scholars who commit to attending a specified number of panels in a given area of inquiry, in combination with short courses in that same area.
For APSA 2007, our section is sponsoring a working group on methodology, covering new perspectives on qualitative and quantitative tools. Through this group the section seeks to make its panels and short courses more valuable to participants in the meeting by providing continuity, coordination and shared dialogue. The working group will also convene during the APSA Meeting for a general discussion, most likely at lunchtime on Friday August 31.
APSA will provide certificates of recognition to those who participate fully in the working group. Participants in the working group will attend: (a) 2 short courses and 5 panels; or (b) 1 short course and 7 panels; or (c) 9 panels. The list of eligible short courses and panels is attached below.
There is no fee to join the working group. However, since we will be meeting over lunchtime on Friday, we will be requesting that participants make a modest contribution toward the cost of their lunch.
If you are interested in taking part in the working group, please complete the form at http://www.apsanet.org/section_584.cfm. In addition, it will help us in keeping track of things if you also email consortium@asu.edu to say you want to take part.
Eligible Short Courses, Panels and Roundtables for 2007 Qualitative Methods Working Group: New Perspectives on Qualitative and Quantitative Tools (listed by date and time)
Short course 1: Multi-Method Research, Wednesday, Aug 29, 9am to 1pm.
Short course 2: Research Design and Field Methods. Wednesday, Aug 29, 2pm to 6pm.
Short course 3: Introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy Sets. Wednesday, Aug 29, 2pm to 6pm
Short course 15: Interpret This! A Conceptual and Practical Workshop in Interpretive Political Science. Wednesday, Aug 29, 9.30am to 5pm
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46-24 New Empirical Applications of Qualitative Comparative Analysis: Thursday, Aug 30, 8:00 AM
46-3 Author Meets Critics: John Gerring's Case Study Research: Principles and Practices: Thursday, Aug 30, 8:00 AM
46-23 Qualitative Methods and International Relations Theory: Thursday, Aug 30, 10:15 AM
46-10 Conducting fieldwork in Violent Settings: Thursday, Aug 30, 10:15 AM
46-11 The Methods Café: Thursday, Aug 30, 12:00 PM
46-13 Where History Meets Political Science: A Reassessment: Thursday, Aug 30, 2:00 PM
21-22 Bridging the Gap? Connecting Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in the Study of Civil War: Thursday, Aug 30, 2:00 PM
4-4 Formal Theory and International Conflict: Thursday, Aug 30, 2:00 PM
46-6 The Future of Method: Feminist Perspectives: Thursday, Aug 30, 4:15 PM
46-7 Understanding Historical Causation: Thursday, Aug 30, 4:15 PM
31-20 Politics, Gender and Concepts: Thursday, Aug 30, 4:15 PM
11-48 Revisiting State Infrastructural Power: Friday, Aug 31, 8:00 AM
46-12 Roundtable on Audie Klotz and Cecelia Lynch's Strategies for Research in Constructivist International Relations: Friday, Aug 31, 8:00 AM
4-5 Formal Theories of Legislative Processes: Friday, Aug 31, 8:00 AM
8-14 Temporal Quantitative Analysis: Friday, Aug 31, 8:00 AM
8-16 Roundtable: Experiments, Natural Experiments, and the Comparative Study of Institutions: Friday, Aug 31, 10:15 AM
46-4 Ideas and Politics in Social Science Research: Friday, Aug 31, 10:15 AM
46-9 Reviewing Institutional Review Boards: Issues for Political Science Research: Friday, Aug 31, 2:00 PM
8-17 Measurement Across Contexts: Friday, Aug 31, 2:00 PM
43-19 Policy Feedbacks in Comparative and International Perspective: Friday, Aug 31, 4:15 PM
46-28 Unpacking Asian States: Friday, Aug 31, 4:15 PM
4-6 Formal Theories of Voting and Elections: Friday, Aug 31, 4:15 PM
46-15 Political Science in Post-Conflict Societies: Novel Approaches to Research in Post-Genocide Rwanda: Saturday, Sep 1, 8:00 AM
46-25 New Qualitative Work on American Politics: Representation, Institutional Development, and Leadership in Congress: Saturday, Sep 1, 8:00 AM
8-12 Multi-level Modeling: Saturday, Sep 1, 8:00 AM
46-14 The Politics of Memory: Saturday, Sep 1, 10:15 AM
46-26 How Political Economies Change: Causal Mechanisms in Qualitative Research: Saturday, Sep 1, 10:15 AM
4-7 Formal Theories of Political Institutions: Saturday, Sep 1, 10:15 AM
46-22 Rethinking Political Inquiry: Saturday, Sep 1, 2:00 PM
46-8 Roundtable: Investigating and Assessing Research Funding Opportunities for Interpretive Social Science Research: Saturday, Sep 1, 2:00 PM
46-29 Case Studies, Causation, and Theory Development: Saturday, Sep 1, 4:15 PM
46-5 Roundtable: Using History in Political Science: Best-Practice Approaches: Saturday, Sep 1, 4:15 PM
46-27 Causal Inference and External Validity in Qualitative Research: Sunday, Sep 2, 8:00 AM
32-3 Interpretive Methods for Understanding Latino Politics: Sunday, Sep 2, 10:15 AM
46-2 Roundtable: Revisiting the Origins of Democracy: Do We Still Need the Qualitative Classics?: Sunday, Sep 2, 10:15 AM
46-30 Challenges of Concept Development and Coding: Sunday, Sep 2, 10:15 AM