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A Typology of Research Methods Within the Social Sciences

Durrant, Gabriele Beissel - eSocialSciences - 2009

This paper discusses and develops a typology of research methods in the social sciences. Such a typology will be … to such a classification are possible. Aims and possible uses of the typology developed here are discussed. Some … justification for the chosen structure is presented. Difficulties encountered in the development of the typology are described …

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Political Clientelism and Capture: Theory and Evidence from West Bengal, India

Bardhan, Pranab; Mookherjee, Dilip - eSocialSciences - 2013

There are relatively few theoretical models or empirical analyses of clientelism which analyse the sources and consequences of clientelism. Data from household surveys in rural West Bengal are used to analyse the political clientelism. [BREAD working paper no. 369]....

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Integrating Urban Datasets: The Path to Effective Socio-Economic Planning in Urban Pakistan

Khan, Sohaib; Aslam, Amal; Zubair, Maria; Rehan, Ali - eSocialSciences - 2012

Effective urban policy making and implementation in Pakistan is impeded by the problem of integrating data containing incompatible spatial references. There is great heterogeneity across spatial units being used by different urban government departments for data collection and reporting in...

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A Primary Evaluation of Service Delivery under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM): Findings from a Study in Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan

Gill, Kaveri - eSocialSciences - 2009

This paper seeks to evaluate quantity and quality of service delivery in rural public health facilities under NRHM. On appropriate and feasible measures, the former is assessed on the static and dynamic condition of physical infrastructure; by the numbers of paramedical, technician and medical...

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Realising The Potential Of Panchayati Raj In India

Saxena, Naresh C. - eSocialSciences - 2005

Rural decentralisation and panchayati raj institutions (PRIs) are a profound change in the Indian rural institutional scene. They may ultimately offer a better option for rural development and poverty alleviation. However, it was a mistake to think that PRIs would emerge as caring institutions...

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