This text starts by explaining the fundamental goal of good political science research - the ability to answer interesting and important questions by generating valid inferences about political phenomena. Before the text even discusses the process of developing a research question, the authors introduce the reader to what it means to make an inference and the different challenges that social scientists face when confronting this task.
This text starts by explaining the fundamental goal of good political science research - the ability to answer interesting and important questions by ...
The urgent need to professionalize Mexican police has been recognized since the early 1990s, but despite even the most well-intentioned promises from elected officials and police chiefs, few gains have been made in improving police integrity.
Why have reform efforts in Mexico been largely unsuccessful? This book seeks to answer the question by focusing on Mexico's municipal police, which make up the largest percentage of the country's police forces. Indeed, organized crime presents a major obstacle to institutional change, with criminal groups killing hundreds of local police in...
The urgent need to professionalize Mexican police has been recognized since the early 1990s, but despite even the most well-intentioned promises fr...
