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Process Tracing
From Metaphor to Analytic Tool
Av Andrew Bennett, Jeffrey T. Checkel
Häftad, 2014
519 kr
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Advances in qualitative methods and recent developments in the philosophy of science have led to an emphasis on explanation via reference to causal mechanisms. This book argues that the method known as process tracing is particularly well suited to developing and assessing theories about such …
Qualitative Causal Inference and Explanation
Häftad, 2026
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
485 kr
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While existing qualitative, case-study methods deliver specific explanations, quantitative approaches to causal inference emphasize valid inferences at the expense of explanations. In this book, David Waldner presents a hybrid method drawing on both approaches to ensure that explanations are based …
Case Study Research
Principles and Practices
Av John Gerring
Häftad, 2016
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473 kr
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Case Study Research: Principles and Practices provides a general understanding of the case study method as well as specific tools for its successful implementation. These tools are applicable in a variety of fields including anthropology, business and management, communications, economics, …
Natural Experiments in the Social Sciences
A Design-Based Approach
Av Thad Dunning
Häftad, 2012
625 kr
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This unique book is the first comprehensive guide to the discovery, analysis, and evaluation of natural experiments - an increasingly popular methodology in the social sciences. Thad Dunning provides an introduction to key issues in causal inference, including model specification, and emphasizes …
Social Science History
Principles and Procedures for Processing Historical Evidence
Av Jørgen Møller, Svend-Erik Skaaning
Häftad, 2026
420 kr
Kommande
Historical analysis sits at the heart of the social sciences, yet historical data is often treated as if it provides objective knowledge about the past. This book challenges this assumption, revealing the uncertainty, selectivity, and interpretive mediation embedded in every historical claim. …
Social Science History
Principles and Procedures for Processing Historical Evidence
Av Jørgen Møller, Svend-Erik Skaaning
Inbunden, 2026
1453 kr
Kommande
Historical analysis sits at the heart of the social sciences, yet historical data is often treated as if it provides objective knowledge about the past. This book challenges this assumption, revealing the uncertainty, selectivity, and interpretive mediation embedded in every historical claim. …
The Case for Case Studies
Methods and Applications in International Development
Av Jennifer Widner, Michael Woolcock m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
1332 kr
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This book seeks to narrow two gaps: first, between the widespread use of case studies and their frequently 'loose' methodological moorings; and second, between the scholarly community advancing methodological frontiers in case study research and the users of case studies in development policy and …
Social Science Methodology
A Unified Framework
Av John Gerring
Inbunden, 2011
1300 kr
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John Gerring's exceptional textbook has been thoroughly revised in this second edition. It offers a one-volume introduction to social science methodology relevant to the disciplines of anthropology, economics, history, political science, psychology and sociology. This new edition has been …
Social Science Methodology
A Unified Framework
Av John Gerring
Häftad, 2011
625 kr
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John Gerring's exceptional textbook has been thoroughly revised in this second edition. It offers a one-volume introduction to social science methodology relevant to the disciplines of anthropology, economics, history, political science, psychology and sociology. This new edition has been …
Field Research in Political Science
Practices and Principles
Av Diana Kapiszewski, Lauren M. MacLean m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
621 kr
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Field research - leaving one's home institution in order to acquire data, information or insights that significantly inform one's research - remains indispensable, even in a digitally networked era. This book, the first of its kind in political science, reconsiders the design and execution of field …
Democratization and Research Methods
Häftad, 2012
634 kr
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Democratization and Research Methods is a coherent survey and critique of both democratization research and the methodology of comparative politics. The two themes enhance each other: the democratization literature illustrates the advantages and disadvantages of various methodological approaches, …
Finding your Social Science Project
The Research Sandbox
Av John Gerring, Jason Seawright
Inbunden, 2022
1251 kr
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The most important step in social science research is the first step - finding a topic. Unfortunately, little guidance on this crucial and difficult challenge is available. Methodological studies and courses tend to focus on theory testing rather than theory generation. This book aims to redress …
Finding your Social Science Project
The Research Sandbox
Av John Gerring, Jason Seawright
Häftad, 2022
408 kr
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The most important step in social science research is the first step - finding a topic. Unfortunately, little guidance on this crucial and difficult challenge is available. Methodological studies and courses tend to focus on theory testing rather than theory generation. This book aims to redress …
Qualitative Causal Inference and Explanation
Inbunden, 2026
1644 kr
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While existing qualitative, case-study methods deliver specific explanations, quantitative approaches to causal inference emphasize valid inferences at the expense of explanations. In this book, David Waldner presents a hybrid method drawing on both approaches to ensure that explanations are based …
Field Research in Political Science
Practices and Principles
Av Diana Kapiszewski, Lauren M. MacLean m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
1416 kr
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Field research - leaving one's home institution in order to acquire data, information or insights that significantly inform one's research - remains indispensable, even in a digitally networked era. This book, the first of its kind in political science, reconsiders the design and execution of field …
Set-Theoretic Methods for the Social Sciences
A Guide to Qualitative Comparative Analysis
Av Carsten Q. Schneider, Claudius Wagemann
Inbunden, 2012
1573 kr
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Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and other set-theoretic methods distinguish themselves from other approaches to the study of social phenomena by using sets and the search for set relations. In virtually all social science fields, statements about social phenomena can be framed in terms of …
Natural Experiments in the Social Sciences
A Design-Based Approach
Av Thad Dunning
Inbunden, 2012
1539 kr
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This unique book is the first comprehensive guide to the discovery, analysis, and evaluation of natural experiments - an increasingly popular methodology in the social sciences. Thad Dunning provides an introduction to key issues in causal inference, including model specification, and emphasizes …
Finding Pathways
Mixed-Method Research for Studying Causal Mechanisms
Av Nicholas Weller, Jeb Barnes
Inbunden, 2014
1303 kr
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Social scientists have identified a need to move beyond the analysis of correlation among variables to the study of causal mechanisms that link them. Nicholas Weller and Jeb Barnes propose that a solution lies in 'pathway analysis', the use of case studies to explore the causal links between …
Process Tracing
From Metaphor to Analytic Tool
Av Andrew Bennett, Jeffrey T. Checkel
Inbunden, 2014
1561 kr
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Advances in qualitative methods and recent developments in the philosophy of science have led to an emphasis on explanation via reference to causal mechanisms. This book argues that the method known as process tracing is particularly well suited to developing and assessing theories about such …
Behind the Model
A Constructive Critique of Economic Modeling
Inbunden, 2015
1509 kr
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This ambitious book looks 'behind the model' to reveal how economists use formal models to generate insights into the economy. Drawing on recent work in the philosophy of science and economic methodology, the book presents a novel framework for understanding the logic of economic modeling. It also …
Multi-Method Social Science
Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Tools
Inbunden, 2016
1335 kr
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Reflecting the rising popularity of research that combines qualitative and quantitative social science, Multi-Method Social Science provides the first systematic guide to designing multi-method research. It argues that methods can be productively combined using the framework of integrative …
Advances in Comparative-Historical Analysis
Av James Mahoney, Kathleen Thelen
Inbunden, 2015
1416 kr
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Against the backdrop of an explosion of interest in new techniques for data collection and theory testing, this volume provides a fresh programmatic statement about comparative-historical analysis. It examines the advances and distinctive contributions that CHA has made to theory generation and the …
Integrated Inferences
Causal Models for Qualitative and Mixed-Method Research
Av Macartan Humphreys, Alan M. Jacobs
Inbunden, 2023
1563 kr
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There is a growing consensus in the social sciences on the virtues of research strategies that combine quantitative with qualitative tools of inference. Integrated Inferences develops a framework for using causal models and Bayesian updating for qualitative and mixed-methods research. By making, …
Case Study Research
Principles and Practices
Av John Gerring
Inbunden, 2017
1225 kr
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Case Study Research: Principles and Practices provides a general understanding of the case study method as well as specific tools for its successful implementation. These tools are applicable in a variety of fields including anthropology, business and management, communications, economics, …
Multi-Method Social Science
Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Tools
Häftad, 2016
580 kr
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Reflecting the rising popularity of research that combines qualitative and quantitative social science, Multi-Method Social Science provides the first systematic guide to designing multi-method research. It argues that methods can be productively combined using the framework of integrative …
Advances in Comparative-Historical Analysis
Av James Mahoney, Kathleen Thelen
Häftad, 2015
461 kr
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Against the backdrop of an explosion of interest in new techniques for data collection and theory testing, this volume provides a fresh programmatic statement about comparative-historical analysis. It examines the advances and distinctive contributions that CHA has made to theory generation and the …
Set-Theoretic Methods for the Social Sciences
A Guide to Qualitative Comparative Analysis
Av Carsten Q. Schneider, Claudius Wagemann
Häftad, 2012
625 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and other set-theoretic methods distinguish themselves from other approaches to the study of social phenomena by using sets and the search for set relations. In virtually all social science fields, statements about social phenomena can be framed in terms of …
Behind the Model
A Constructive Critique of Economic Modeling
Häftad, 2015
541 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This ambitious book looks 'behind the model' to reveal how economists use formal models to generate insights into the economy. Drawing on recent work in the philosophy of science and economic methodology, the book presents a novel framework for understanding the logic of economic modeling. It also …
Finding Pathways
Mixed-Method Research for Studying Causal Mechanisms
Av Nicholas Weller, Jeb Barnes
Häftad, 2014
529 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Social scientists have identified a need to move beyond the analysis of correlation among variables to the study of causal mechanisms that link them. Nicholas Weller and Jeb Barnes propose that a solution lies in 'pathway analysis', the use of case studies to explore the causal links between …
Social Inquiry and Bayesian Inference
Rethinking Qualitative Research
Av Tasha Fairfield, Andrew E. Charman
Inbunden, 2022
1628 kr
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Fairfield and Charman provide a modern, rigorous and intuitive methodology for case-study research to help social scientists and analysts make better inferences from qualitative evidence. The book develops concrete guidelines for conducting inference to best explanation given incomplete …
