comparativepoliticsСравнительная политикаComparative Politics Russia2221-32792412-4990Издательская группа «Юрист»10.18611/2221-3279-2015-6-1(18)-4-15comparativepolitics-201Research ArticleСРАВНИТЕЛЬНЫЙ АНАЛИЗ КОНЦЕПЦИЙ И ИНСТИТУТОВCOMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CONCEPTS AND INSTITUTIONSМЕТОД ПРОБЛЕМ ПРОТИВ МЕТОДА ТЕМTHE METHOD OF PROBLEMS VERSUS THE METHOD OF TOPICSЭйдлинФредEidlinFred

Заслуженный профессор факультета политических наук в университете Гвелфа (Гвельф, Онтарио, Канада); приглашённый профессор Института международных исследований в Карловом университете (Прага, Чешская республика), адъюнкт-профессор в Чешском земледельческом университете в Праге, приглашённый профессор Европейского колледжа Тартуского университета (Эстония).

Professor, Department of Political Studies,UniversityofGuelph; Visiting Professor, Euro College; University of Tartu, Estonia; Visiting Professor, Institute of International Studies; Charles University–Prague

Университет Гвелфа ; Карлов университет в Праге; Чешский земледельческий университет; Европейский колледж (Тарту); Тартусский университетКанадаUniversity of Guelph; Euro College; University of Tartu; Charles University in PragueCanada20151007201561(18)К 5-летию журнала «Сравнительная политика»415Copyright © Эйдлин Ф., 20152015Эйдлин Ф.Eidlin F.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://www.sravpol.ru/jour/article/view/201

В процессе формулировки и работы над той или иной темой в рамках научного исследования многие научные деятели сталкиваются с определенными сложностями, пытаясь сформулировать проблему и основной вопрос их исследования. Автор статьи предлагает несколько методов, призванных помочь исследователям в работе над архитектурой их исследовательского проекта.

Many scholars face a difficulty in formulating a research problem and research question while working on the research. The author introduces several methods that would help researchers to be more precise while working on the architecture of their research topic.

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