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A good guide book on writing a Political Science thesis?


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Hey guys! I was curious to know if anyone here had a good recommendation for a guide book for writing a solid thesis for Political Science. Throughout my search on Amazon I have came across numerous books -- some generally dealing with Master level thesis while others dealing specifically with Political Science -- so there is a lot to choose from. Does anyone here have that ultimate book they use for thesis writing, preferably for Political Science? I'm looking forward to hearing your recommendations! Thanks in advance.

 

 

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I'm assuming your talking about a master's thesis, right? If you take a Research and Methods class in your program, I think there is a book that your required to get that helps with the thesis writing. My program had that requirement, and I initially had the book but I didn't end up using it or find it too helpful.

I don't remember the name of the book I used, but it was called How to Write your Dissertation (I think) and I used it in the revision stages of my thesis. That said, I wish I had       access to this book before the planning and writing stages because it was REALLY helpful. I also emailed a colleague from my program (I did 7 months of research in another country and most of my initial writing, setup, and planning was conducted from there)  from time to time for advice and that was helpful.

 

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Personally, I found Marc Busch's 5 tips to writing a thesis useful on top of a research design course. I had a professor send me their dissertation prospectus as a sample of what a research design or thesis proposal should look like. Different subfields typically call for different things, and people can organize them in different ways - the key difference being book vs. article format.

http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/mlb66/5%20steps%20to%20writing%20a%20thesis.pdf

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