Engaging with research methods in comparative politics courses: practicing skills, questioning data, reflecting on positionality
Journal: European Political Science
Year: 2022

Abstract This article reflects on a pedagogic experiment of engaging with research methods in the teaching of an undergraduate course on “Contemporary Russian Politics” at Newcastle University (UK). We argue that the incorporation of an explicit and systematic discussion and practice of research methods in a Comparative Politics course is important for three interconnected reasons. First, by introducing students to different aspects of the political system and processes of a state or a region, C