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Comparison : a methodological introduction for the social sciences /
Comparison is an essential research method in political science. This book helps students to understand comparison as a scientific instrument, to grasp its necessity and its effective purpose for research. For that reason, it replies to three 'simple' questions: why compare, what to compar...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Barbara Budrich Publishers,
[2018]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Comparison. A Methodological Introduction for the Social Sciences; Table of Content; Preface; 1. Introduction: choosing the question?; 1.1 Starting from the key aspect; 1.2 Further examples; 2. Defining Comparison; 2.1 The key questions; 2.2 Classic thinkers; 2.3 Modern theorists; 3 Why compare?; 3.1 The goals of comparison; 3.2 Nomothetic objectives and generalizations; 3.3 Explanation and understanding; 3.4 What kind of theory should be adopted in political science?; 4. What to compare: the basic units; 4.1 Identifying the issue; 4.2 Concepts and classes; 4.3 Properties and variables.
- 4.4 Operationalization4.5 The "many variables, small N" dilemma; 5. What to compare: space and time; 5.1 Dimensions of comparison; 5.2 Deciding the space; 5.2.1 Case study; 5.2.2 Other strategies; 5.3 Defining the time; 5.4 The problem of multicollinearity; 6. How to compare: the key mechanisms; 6.1 The available tools; 6.2 Ogden and Richards' triangle; 6.3 The rules of conceptualization; 6.4 The Tree of Porphyry; 6.5 Classificatory strategies; 6.6 Mill's canons; 7. How to compare: recent developments; 7.1 In search of new rules for conceptualization; 7.2 Process tracing.
- 7.3 The configurational comparative method and qualitative comparative analysis8. Beyond comparison: other research methods; 8.1 Data collection and relations between variables; 8.2 More about explanation, generalization and theory; 8.3 Experimental and non-experimental methods; 8.4 The statistical method; 8.4.1 The number of cases; 8.4.2. Logic; 8.5 The historical method; 9. Conclusions. The limits of comparison; Bibliographical References; Index.