Methods, Theories, and Empirical Applications in the Social Sciences: Festschrift for Peter Schmidt Samuel Salzborn, Eldad Davidov, Jost Reinecke (eds.) The volume addresses major features in empirical social research from methodological and theoretical perspectives. Prominent researchers discuss central problems in empirical social research in a theory-driven way from political science, sociological or social-psychological points of view. These contributions focus on a renewed discussion of foundations together with innovative and open research questions or interdisciplinary research perspectives.