Writing a Research Paper in Political Science: A Practical Guide to Inquiry, Structure, and Methods

by Lisa A. Baglione

This writing guide breaks down the research paper into its constituent parts and shows students what they need to do at each stage to successfully complete components until the paper is finished. Even writing an introduction, coming up with effective headings and titles, presenting a conclusion, and the important steps of editing and revising are covered with class-tested advice and know-how.

Genres: Nonfiction, Textbooks, Political Science, School

208 pages, Paperback

First published August 23, 2011

Reviews

[Jami Cole]

Every student who studies political science should write a research paper in political science when he or she is in the fourth year of a bachelor's degree. I know the excellent service that can help with writing a research paper in political science in order to students get excellent grades.

[Alizabeth Mariott · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this for my research methods class this past semester, and her content is deeply insightful. Her organization makes it easy to follow and look back on the content, and her addition of practical summaries of each chapter and a “recipe” for each new step made writing a research paper less scary.

[Shatha Sbeta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very helpful

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

A useful teaching tool. Nothing more or less.

[Abigail · Rating 2 out of 5]

if I'm going to have to read the whole textbook I'm going to get Goodreads credit for it

[Kimberly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Every time this book compared writing a research paper to running a marathon I wanted to throw it out the window. Terrible analogy— not comparable. Other than that, the book was helpful

[Jess Grayson (bookspastbedtime) · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was actually a really helpful book. I didn't necessarily like reading it since it was for school, but it definitely had merit.