Lecture 4 - Interpretivism Flashcards
What is the core assumption of Interpretivism?
An assumption that scholarship in politics is distinctly interpretative.
What is the key question in Interpretivism?
Do social entities exist externally to social actors or are they constructed by the perceptions of social actors?
Does interpretivism take a more objective or constructive ontological approach?
Constructive
How does interpretivism see the social world in relation to the natural world?
The social world is seen as fundamentally different to the natural world.
What are the theory-data relationships?
Inductive and Deductive
What happens in an inductive theory-data relationship?
Collect Data —-> Generate Theory
What happens in a deductive theory-data relationship?
Theory —-> Collect appropriate data to test theory
What is the process of deduction?
Theory - Hypothesis - Data Collection - Findings - Hypothesis Confirmed or Rejected - Revision of Theory
Qualitative methods are well suited to ____
Open, explanatory research
What is Validity?
Concern with the integrity of conclusions that arise from research.
What are the 3 types of Validity?
- ) Descriptive
- ) Interpretive
- ) Theoretical
