Authoring a Ph.D. Thesis involves having creative ideas, working out how to organize them, writing up from plans, upgrading text, and finishing it speedily and to a good standard. It also involves being examined and getting work published. This book provides a huge range of ideas and suggestions to help Ph.D. candidates cope with both the intellectual issues involved and the practical difficulties of organizing their work effectively.
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Patrick Dunleavy is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, and a member of the Academy of the Social Sciences, London.
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在早年的学习生涯中,总是别人给我们出题。在本科和研究生时代,我们可以专注于老师提出的问题,努力给出令人满意的答案。然而,在博士生时代,我们却要自己定义问题,再由自己给出答案,这种情形十分难以理解。博士新生常常觉得他们的使命是解决重大疑难问题,因为在他们读过的研究文献中,研究向题通常被夸大,而实际上这些间题在博士论文中根本无法解答。
你的写作进展在很大程度上取决于你的学术士气(它本身密切反映工作的进展情况)以及其他烦恼和活动妨碍你的程度。
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