Patrick Dunleavy

Authoring a PhD (eBook, PDF)

How to Plan, Draft, Write and Finish a Doctoral Thesis or Dissertation

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Authoring a PhD is a complex process. It involves having creative ideas, working out how to organize them, writing up from plans, upgrading the text, and finishing it speedily and to a good standard. It also includes being examined and getting published. Patrick Dunleavy has written Authoring a PhD based on his supervision experience with over 30 students. It provides solid advice to help your PhD students cope with both the intellectual issues and practical difficulties of organizing their work effectively. It is an indispensable and time saving aid for doctoral students in the humanities, social sciences, education, business studies, law, health, arts and visual arts, and related disciplines, and will also be a great help to supervisors.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 297
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230802087
• Artikelnr.: 47860472

Autorenporträt

Patrick Dunleavy is Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics, UK, and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.- Becoming an Author.- Envisioning the Thesis as a Whole.- Planning an Integrated Thesis: The Macro-Structure.- Organizing a Chapter or Paper: The Micro-Structure.- Writing Clearly: Style and Referencing Issues.- Developing your Text and Managing the Writing Process.- Handling Attention Points: Data, Charts and Graphics.- The End-Game: Finishing Your Doctorate.- Publishing Your Research.- Afterword.- Glossary.- Further Reading.- References.- Index.