Vivian Lowndes is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Birmingham, UK.

David Marsh is Director of Research, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra, Australia.
Gerry Stoker is Professor at the University of Southampton and Centenary Research Professor, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra.

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Introduction; Vivien Lowndes, David Marsh and Gerry Stoker
PART I: THEORY AND APPROACHES
1. Behavouralism; David Sanders
2. Rational Choice; Andrew Hindmoor and Brad Taylor
3. Institutionalism; Vivien Lowndes
4. Constructivism and Interpretive Theory; Craig Parsons
5. Feminist and Gender Approaches; Meryl Kenny and Fiona Mackay
6. Marxism: A global perspective; Ray Kiely
7. Poststructuralism; Mark Wenman
8. Political Psychology; Frank Mols and Paul 't Hart
9. Normative Theory; Chris Armstrong
PART II: METHODS AND RESEARCH DESIGN
10. Ontology and Epistemology in Political Science; David Marsh, Selen A. Ercan and Paul Furlong
11. Meta-Theoretical Issues in Political Analysis; David Marsh
12. Research Design; Dimiter Toshkov
13. Qualitative Methods; Ariadne Vromen
14. Quantitative Methods; Peter John
15. Comparative Methods; Matt Ryan
16. The Experimental Method: Prospects for field and laboratory studies; Helen Margetts and Gerry Stoker
17. Big Data: Methods for collection and analysis; Michael J. Jensen
18. The Relevance of Political Science; B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre and Gerry Stoker.