Gary King. The Changing Evidence Base of Social Science Research, in Gary King, Kay Schlozman, and Norman Nie, eds., The Future of Political Science: 100 Perspectives, New York: Routledge Press, 2009, forthcoming, http://gking.harvard.edu/files/abs/evbase-abs.shtml. (Paper: PDF)

Abstract

This (two-page) article argues that the evidence base of political science and the related social sciences are beginning an underappreciated but historic change.

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