Authoring a Ph.D.: How to Plan, Draft, Write and Finish a Doctoral Thesis Or Dissertation

Patrick Dunleavy

Palgrave Macmillan, Aug 16, 2003 - Education - 297 pages

Authoring a PhD 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 PhD candidates cope with both the intellectual issues involved and the practical difficulties of organizing their work effectively.

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Review: Authoring a Ph.D.: How to Plan, Draft, Write and Finish a Doctoral Thesis or Dissertation

User Review  - Nik - Goodreads

It is a good read with lots of honest good ideas, but it reads like a pompous heavy load book. When it comes to learning about authoring a PhD, simple advice is always the best. This way is not a book I would read in a day, but I guess that is what academia is all about.

Review: Authoring a Ph.D.: How to Plan, Draft, Write and Finish a Doctoral Thesis or Dissertation

User Review  - Mark Hawker - Goodreads

A useful book with lots of great hints and tips!

About the author

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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Authoring a Ph.D.: How to Plan, Draft, Write and Finish a Doctoral Thesis Or Dissertation; Palgrave Research Skills; Study Guides Series
• Author: Patrick Dunleavy
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003
• ISBN: 1403911916, 9781403911919
• Length: 297 pages
• Subjects: Education / Aims & Objectives; Education / General; Education / Higher; Language Arts & Disciplines / Authorship; Language Arts & Disciplines / Composition & Creative Writing