This carefully selected compendium documents the enormous variation in qualitative political science research – and the dynamic progress it has made over the past decades. The volumes provide an excellent collection for political scientists seeking a systematic overview of the field, and they offer a great resource for teaching research design and methodology.

• VOLUME ONE: BACKGROUNDS, PATHWAYS AND DIRECTIONS IN QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGYIntroduction to Volume IPart One: The Revolt in the US: Alternatives to the Statistical TemplateThe Science in Social Science - Gary King, Robert O. Keohane and Sidney VerbaRefocussing the Discussion of Methodology - Henry E. Brady, David Collier and Jason SeawrightStudying Cases as Configurations - Charles C. RaginAligning Ontology and Methodology in Comparative Politics - Peter A. HallCase Studies and Policy Relevant Theory - Alexander L. George and Andrew BennettPart Two: Building on and Defending European Traditions: From Verstehen to Practice and InterpretationInterpretation and the Sciences of Man - Charles TaylorFive Misunderstandings about Case Study Research - Bent FlyvbjergInterpretive Empirical Political Science: What Makes This Not a Subfield of Qualitative Methods - Dvora YanowPart Three: Differentiating Methodological ApproachesA Tale of Two Cultures: Contrasting Quantitative and Qualitative Research - James Mahoney and Gary GoertzQualitative Variations: The Sources of Divergent Methodological Approaches - Kendra L. Koivu and Erie Kimball DammanRelevance and Refinements of Case Studies - Joachim Blatter and Markus HaverlandPart Four: Concept Building as the Analytic Path for Connecting Description and MeaningExtract from "Guidelines for Concept Analysis" - Giovanni SartoriDemocracy with Adjectives: Conceptual Innovation in Comparative Research - David Collier and Steve Levitsky Concept Formation in Political Science: An Anti-Naturalist Critique of Qualitative Methodology - Mark Bevir and Asasf KedarPart Five: The Call for Transparency: Rigor and/or Reflexivity in Data Collection/CreationExtract from "Openness in Political Science: Data Access and Research Transparency" - Arthur Lupia and Colin ElmanConclusion: Research Transparency for a Diverse Discipline - Tim Büthe and Alan M. Jacobs VOLUME TWO: CAUSAL REGULARITIES, CROSS CASE COMPARISONS, CONFIGURATIONSIntroduction to Volume IIPart One: Classical Statements on Case ComparisonsComparative Politics and the Comparative Method - Arend LijphartResearch Designs - Adam Przeworski and Henry TeunePart Two: Refinements of Case ComparisonsSome Methodological Problems in Comparative Politics - Andrew Murray FaureOn Time and Comparative Research - Stefano BartoliniPart Three: Case SelectionInsights and Pitfalls: Selection Bias in Qualitative Research - David Collier and James MahoneyThe Possibility Principle: Choosing Negative Cases in Comparative Research - James Mahoney and Gary GoertzCase Selection Techniques in Case Study Research: A Menu of Qualitative and Quantitative Options - Jason Seawright and John GerringPart Four: Configurational ApproachesQualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) as an Approach - Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Gisèle De Meur, Benoît Rihoux and Charles C. RaginSet Relations in Social Research: Basics Concepts and Fuzzy Sets and Fuzzy-Set Relations - Charles C. RaginWhere to Begin: A Survey of Five Approaches to Selecting Independent Variables for Qualitative Comparative Analysis - Edwin Amenta and Jane D. PoulsenA Coincidence Analysis of a Causal Chain: The Swiss Minaret Vote - Michael Baumgartner and Ruedi EppleQualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Fuzzy Sets: The Agenda for a Research Approach and a Data Analysis Technique - Claudius Wagemann and Carsten Q. SchneiderPart Five: Correlations versus ConfigurationsForms and Problems of Comparison - Ingo RohlfingVOLUME THREE: MECHANISMS, TEMPORALITY AND WITHIN-CASE ANALYSISIntroduction to Volume IIIPart One: MechanismsSocial Mechanisms: An Introductory Essay - Peter Hedström and Richard SwedbergMechanisms in the Analysis of Social Macro-Phenomena - Renate MayntzContext and Causal Mechanisms in Political Analysis - Tulia G. Falleti and Julia F. LynchThe Mother of All Isms: Causal Mechanisms and Structured Pluralism in International Relations Theory - Andrew BennettPart Two: TemporalityNot Just What, but When: Timing and Sequence in Political Processes - Paul PiersonData-Set Observations versus Causal-Process Observations: The 2000 U.S. Presidential Election - Henry BradyTime Will Tell? Temporality and the Analysis of Causal Mechanisms and Processes - Anna Grzymala-BusseSet Diagrams and Qualitative Research - James Mahoney and Rachel Sweet VandrepoelPart Three: Techniques and Practices of Within-Case AnalysisStudy and Theory in Political Science - Harry EcksteinCase Studies and Theories of Organizational Decision Making - Alexander L. George and Timothy J. McKeownTracing Causal Mechanisms - Jeffrey T. CheckelSystematic Process Analysis: When and How to Use It - Peter A. HallIn Search of Co-variance, Causal Mechanisms or Congruence? Towards a Plural Understanding of Case Studies - Joachim Blatter and Till BlumeProcess Tracing and Causal Inference - Andrew BennettEfficient Process Tracing - Frank SchimmelfennigTurning Observations into Evidence - Derek Beach and Rasmus Brun PedersenVOLUME FOUR: INTERPRETIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACHESIntroduction to volume IVPart One: Meaning-Focused ResearchInterpreting Interpretivism Interpreting Interpretations: The New Hermeneutics of Public Administration - Colin HayIntegrating Rigor and Relevance in Public Administration Scholarship: The Contribution of Narrative Inquiry - Jennifer Dodge, Sonia M. Ospina and Erica Gabrielle FoldySymbols - Deborah StonePart Two: Ethnography and Field Methods`Observation, Context, and Sequence in the Study of Politics - Richard F. Fenno, JrReflections on Ethnographic Work in Political Science - Lisa WedeenOn Writing Fieldnotes: Collection Strategies and Background Expectancies - Nicholas H. WolfingerAsking Questions: Techniques for Semistructured Interviews - Beth L. LeechPart Three: Discourse and Metaphor AnalysisThe Study of Discourse in International Relations: A Critique of Research and Methods - Jennifer Milliken‘Speaking Europe’: The Politics of Integration Discourse - Thomas DiezMethodological reflections on discourse analysis - Mark Laffey and Jutta WeldesSupermarkets and Culture Clash: The Epistemological Role of Metaphors in Administrative Practice - Dvora YanowPart Four: Framing and Narrative AnalysisFrame-Reflective Policy Discourse - Martin Rein and Donald A. SchönFrom Policy “Frames” to “Framing”: Theorizing a More Dynamic, Political Approach - Merlijn van Hulst and Dvora YanowNarrative in Political Science - Molly Patterson and Kristen Renwick MonroeStories for Research - Steven Maynard-Moody and Michael MushenoPart Five: Quality IssuesOn Improving Qualitative Methods in Public Administration Research - Ralph S. Brower, Mitchel Y. Abolafia and Jered B. CarrReflexivity in Research on Civil Society: Constructivist Perspectives - Cecelia Lynch

This carefully selected compendium documents the enormous variation in qualitative political science research – and the dynamic progress it has made over the past decades. The volumes provide an excellent collection for political scientists seeking a systematic overview of the field, and they offer a great resource for teaching research design and methodology.

• VOLUME ONE: BACKGROUNDS, PATHWAYS AND DIRECTIONS IN QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGYIntroduction to Volume IPart One: The Revolt in the US: Alternatives to the Statistical TemplateThe Science in Social Science - Gary King, Robert O. Keohane and Sidney VerbaRefocussing the Discussion of Methodology - Henry E. Brady, David Collier and Jason SeawrightStudying Cases as Configurations - Charles C. RaginAligning Ontology and Methodology in Comparative Politics - Peter A. HallCase Studies and Policy Relevant Theory - Alexander L. George and Andrew BennettPart Two: Building on and Defending European Traditions: From Verstehen to Practice and InterpretationInterpretation and the Sciences of Man - Charles TaylorFive Misunderstandings about Case Study Research - Bent FlyvbjergInterpretive Empirical Political Science: What Makes This Not a Subfield of Qualitative Methods - Dvora YanowPart Three: Differentiating Methodological ApproachesA Tale of Two Cultures: Contrasting Quantitative and Qualitative Research - James Mahoney and Gary GoertzQualitative Variations: The Sources of Divergent Methodological Approaches - Kendra L. Koivu and Erie Kimball DammanRelevance and Refinements of Case Studies - Joachim Blatter and Markus HaverlandPart Four: Concept Building as the Analytic Path for Connecting Description and MeaningExtract from "Guidelines for Concept Analysis" - Giovanni SartoriDemocracy with Adjectives: Conceptual Innovation in Comparative Research - David Collier and Steve Levitsky Concept Formation in Political Science: An Anti-Naturalist Critique of Qualitative Methodology - Mark Bevir and Asasf KedarPart Five: The Call for Transparency: Rigor and/or Reflexivity in Data Collection/CreationExtract from "Openness in Political Science: Data Access and Research Transparency" - Arthur Lupia and Colin ElmanConclusion: Research Transparency for a Diverse Discipline - Tim Büthe and Alan M. Jacobs VOLUME TWO: CAUSAL REGULARITIES, CROSS CASE COMPARISONS, CONFIGURATIONSIntroduction to Volume IIPart One: Classical Statements on Case ComparisonsComparative Politics and the Comparative Method - Arend LijphartResearch Designs - Adam Przeworski and Henry TeunePart Two: Refinements of Case ComparisonsSome Methodological Problems in Comparative Politics - Andrew Murray FaureOn Time and Comparative Research - Stefano BartoliniPart Three: Case SelectionInsights and Pitfalls: Selection Bias in Qualitative Research - David Collier and James MahoneyThe Possibility Principle: Choosing Negative Cases in Comparative Research - James Mahoney and Gary GoertzCase Selection Techniques in Case Study Research: A Menu of Qualitative and Quantitative Options - Jason Seawright and John GerringPart Four: Configurational ApproachesQualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) as an Approach - Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Gisèle De Meur, Benoît Rihoux and Charles C. RaginSet Relations in Social Research: Basics Concepts and Fuzzy Sets and Fuzzy-Set Relations - Charles C. RaginWhere to Begin: A Survey of Five Approaches to Selecting Independent Variables for Qualitative Comparative Analysis - Edwin Amenta and Jane D. PoulsenA Coincidence Analysis of a Causal Chain: The Swiss Minaret Vote - Michael Baumgartner and Ruedi EppleQualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Fuzzy Sets: The Agenda for a Research Approach and a Data Analysis Technique - Claudius Wagemann and Carsten Q. SchneiderPart Five: Correlations versus ConfigurationsForms and Problems of Comparison - Ingo RohlfingVOLUME THREE: MECHANISMS, TEMPORALITY AND WITHIN-CASE ANALYSISIntroduction to Volume IIIPart One: MechanismsSocial Mechanisms: An Introductory Essay - Peter Hedström and Richard SwedbergMechanisms in the Analysis of Social Macro-Phenomena - Renate MayntzContext and Causal Mechanisms in Political Analysis - Tulia G. Falleti and Julia F. LynchThe Mother of All Isms: Causal Mechanisms and Structured Pluralism in International Relations Theory - Andrew BennettPart Two: TemporalityNot Just What, but When: Timing and Sequence in Political Processes - Paul PiersonData-Set Observations versus Causal-Process Observations: The 2000 U.S. Presidential Election - Henry BradyTime Will Tell? Temporality and the Analysis of Causal Mechanisms and Processes - Anna Grzymala-BusseSet Diagrams and Qualitative Research - James Mahoney and Rachel Sweet VandrepoelPart Three: Techniques and Practices of Within-Case AnalysisStudy and Theory in Political Science - Harry EcksteinCase Studies and Theories of Organizational Decision Making - Alexander L. George and Timothy J. McKeownTracing Causal Mechanisms - Jeffrey T. CheckelSystematic Process Analysis: When and How to Use It - Peter A. HallIn Search of Co-variance, Causal Mechanisms or Congruence? Towards a Plural Understanding of Case Studies - Joachim Blatter and Till BlumeProcess Tracing and Causal Inference - Andrew BennettEfficient Process Tracing - Frank SchimmelfennigTurning Observations into Evidence - Derek Beach and Rasmus Brun PedersenVOLUME FOUR: INTERPRETIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACHESIntroduction to volume IVPart One: Meaning-Focused ResearchInterpreting Interpretivism Interpreting Interpretations: The New Hermeneutics of Public Administration - Colin HayIntegrating Rigor and Relevance in Public Administration Scholarship: The Contribution of Narrative Inquiry - Jennifer Dodge, Sonia M. Ospina and Erica Gabrielle FoldySymbols - Deborah StonePart Two: Ethnography and Field Methods`Observation, Context, and Sequence in the Study of Politics - Richard F. Fenno, JrReflections on Ethnographic Work in Political Science - Lisa WedeenOn Writing Fieldnotes: Collection Strategies and Background Expectancies - Nicholas H. WolfingerAsking Questions: Techniques for Semistructured Interviews - Beth L. LeechPart Three: Discourse and Metaphor AnalysisThe Study of Discourse in International Relations: A Critique of Research and Methods - Jennifer Milliken‘Speaking Europe’: The Politics of Integration Discourse - Thomas DiezMethodological reflections on discourse analysis - Mark Laffey and Jutta WeldesSupermarkets and Culture Clash: The Epistemological Role of Metaphors in Administrative Practice - Dvora YanowPart Four: Framing and Narrative AnalysisFrame-Reflective Policy Discourse - Martin Rein and Donald A. SchönFrom Policy “Frames” to “Framing”: Theorizing a More Dynamic, Political Approach - Merlijn van Hulst and Dvora YanowNarrative in Political Science - Molly Patterson and Kristen Renwick MonroeStories for Research - Steven Maynard-Moody and Michael MushenoPart Five: Quality IssuesOn Improving Qualitative Methods in Public Administration Research - Ralph S. Brower, Mitchel Y. Abolafia and Jered B. CarrReflexivity in Research on Civil Society: Constructivist Perspectives - Cecelia Lynch

This carefully selected compendium documents the enormous variation in qualitative political science research – and the dynamic progress it has made over the past decades. The volumes provide an excellent collection for political scientists seeking a systematic overview of the field, and they offer a great resource for teaching research design and methodology.

• VOLUME ONE: BACKGROUNDS, PATHWAYS AND DIRECTIONS IN QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGYIntroduction to Volume IPart One: The Revolt in the US: Alternatives to the Statistical TemplateThe Science in Social Science - Gary King, Robert O. Keohane and Sidney VerbaRefocussing the Discussion of Methodology - Henry E. Brady, David Collier and Jason SeawrightStudying Cases as Configurations - Charles C. RaginAligning Ontology and Methodology in Comparative Politics - Peter A. HallCase Studies and Policy Relevant Theory - Alexander L. George and Andrew BennettPart Two: Building on and Defending European Traditions: From Verstehen to Practice and InterpretationInterpretation and the Sciences of Man - Charles TaylorFive Misunderstandings about Case Study Research - Bent FlyvbjergInterpretive Empirical Political Science: What Makes This Not a Subfield of Qualitative Methods - Dvora YanowPart Three: Differentiating Methodological ApproachesA Tale of Two Cultures: Contrasting Quantitative and Qualitative Research - James Mahoney and Gary GoertzQualitative Variations: The Sources of Divergent Methodological Approaches - Kendra L. Koivu and Erie Kimball DammanRelevance and Refinements of Case Studies - Joachim Blatter and Markus HaverlandPart Four: Concept Building as the Analytic Path for Connecting Description and MeaningExtract from "Guidelines for Concept Analysis" - Giovanni SartoriDemocracy with Adjectives: Conceptual Innovation in Comparative Research - David Collier and Steve Levitsky Concept Formation in Political Science: An Anti-Naturalist Critique of Qualitative Methodology - Mark Bevir and Asasf KedarPart Five: The Call for Transparency: Rigor and/or Reflexivity in Data Collection/CreationExtract from "Openness in Political Science: Data Access and Research Transparency" - Arthur Lupia and Colin ElmanConclusion: Research Transparency for a Diverse Discipline - Tim Büthe and Alan M. Jacobs VOLUME TWO: CAUSAL REGULARITIES, CROSS CASE COMPARISONS, CONFIGURATIONSIntroduction to Volume IIPart One: Classical Statements on Case ComparisonsComparative Politics and the Comparative Method - Arend LijphartResearch Designs - Adam Przeworski and Henry TeunePart Two: Refinements of Case ComparisonsSome Methodological Problems in Comparative Politics - Andrew Murray FaureOn Time and Comparative Research - Stefano BartoliniPart Three: Case SelectionInsights and Pitfalls: Selection Bias in Qualitative Research - David Collier and James MahoneyThe Possibility Principle: Choosing Negative Cases in Comparative Research - James Mahoney and Gary GoertzCase Selection Techniques in Case Study Research: A Menu of Qualitative and Quantitative Options - Jason Seawright and John GerringPart Four: Configurational ApproachesQualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) as an Approach - Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Gisèle De Meur, Benoît Rihoux and Charles C. RaginSet Relations in Social Research: Basics Concepts and Fuzzy Sets and Fuzzy-Set Relations - Charles C. RaginWhere to Begin: A Survey of Five Approaches to Selecting Independent Variables for Qualitative Comparative Analysis - Edwin Amenta and Jane D. PoulsenA Coincidence Analysis of a Causal Chain: The Swiss Minaret Vote - Michael Baumgartner and Ruedi EppleQualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Fuzzy Sets: The Agenda for a Research Approach and a Data Analysis Technique - Claudius Wagemann and Carsten Q. SchneiderPart Five: Correlations versus ConfigurationsForms and Problems of Comparison - Ingo RohlfingVOLUME THREE: MECHANISMS, TEMPORALITY AND WITHIN-CASE ANALYSISIntroduction to Volume IIIPart One: MechanismsSocial Mechanisms: An Introductory Essay - Peter Hedström and Richard SwedbergMechanisms in the Analysis of Social Macro-Phenomena - Renate MayntzContext and Causal Mechanisms in Political Analysis - Tulia G. Falleti and Julia F. LynchThe Mother of All Isms: Causal Mechanisms and Structured Pluralism in International Relations Theory - Andrew BennettPart Two: TemporalityNot Just What, but When: Timing and Sequence in Political Processes - Paul PiersonData-Set Observations versus Causal-Process Observations: The 2000 U.S. Presidential Election - Henry BradyTime Will Tell? Temporality and the Analysis of Causal Mechanisms and Processes - Anna Grzymala-BusseSet Diagrams and Qualitative Research - James Mahoney and Rachel Sweet VandrepoelPart Three: Techniques and Practices of Within-Case AnalysisStudy and Theory in Political Science - Harry EcksteinCase Studies and Theories of Organizational Decision Making - Alexander L. George and Timothy J. McKeownTracing Causal Mechanisms - Jeffrey T. CheckelSystematic Process Analysis: When and How to Use It - Peter A. HallIn Search of Co-variance, Causal Mechanisms or Congruence? Towards a Plural Understanding of Case Studies - Joachim Blatter and Till BlumeProcess Tracing and Causal Inference - Andrew BennettEfficient Process Tracing - Frank SchimmelfennigTurning Observations into Evidence - Derek Beach and Rasmus Brun PedersenVOLUME FOUR: INTERPRETIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACHESIntroduction to volume IVPart One: Meaning-Focused ResearchInterpreting Interpretivism Interpreting Interpretations: The New Hermeneutics of Public Administration - Colin HayIntegrating Rigor and Relevance in Public Administration Scholarship: The Contribution of Narrative Inquiry - Jennifer Dodge, Sonia M. Ospina and Erica Gabrielle FoldySymbols - Deborah StonePart Two: Ethnography and Field Methods`Observation, Context, and Sequence in the Study of Politics - Richard F. Fenno, JrReflections on Ethnographic Work in Political Science - Lisa WedeenOn Writing Fieldnotes: Collection Strategies and Background Expectancies - Nicholas H. WolfingerAsking Questions: Techniques for Semistructured Interviews - Beth L. LeechPart Three: Discourse and Metaphor AnalysisThe Study of Discourse in International Relations: A Critique of Research and Methods - Jennifer Milliken‘Speaking Europe’: The Politics of Integration Discourse - Thomas DiezMethodological reflections on discourse analysis - Mark Laffey and Jutta WeldesSupermarkets and Culture Clash: The Epistemological Role of Metaphors in Administrative Practice - Dvora YanowPart Four: Framing and Narrative AnalysisFrame-Reflective Policy Discourse - Martin Rein and Donald A. SchönFrom Policy “Frames” to “Framing”: Theorizing a More Dynamic, Political Approach - Merlijn van Hulst and Dvora YanowNarrative in Political Science - Molly Patterson and Kristen Renwick MonroeStories for Research - Steven Maynard-Moody and Michael MushenoPart Five: Quality IssuesOn Improving Qualitative Methods in Public Administration Research - Ralph S. Brower, Mitchel Y. Abolafia and Jered B. CarrReflexivity in Research on Civil Society: Constructivist Perspectives - Cecelia Lynch