Political scientists are limited by their reliance on existing data sets, and there is not enough emphasis on creating new data

Pack, Mark (2012) Political scientists are limited by their reliance on existing data sets, and there is not enough emphasis on creating new data. [Online resource]

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Writing in response to Peter John’s defence of political science, Mark Pack argues that research on party funding is not an academic success story but rather illustrates that political scientists simply do not know enough about what is really going in with Britain’s political finances.