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Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences

ISBN: 9780262572224 | 0262572222
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Mit Pr
Pub. Date: 2/15/2005

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SummaryTable of Contents
Winner of the 2006 Giovanni Sartori Book Award, given by the American Political Science Association's Qualitative Methods Section. The use of case studies to build and test theories in political science and the other social sciences has increased in recent years. Many scholars have argued that the social sciences rely too heavily on quantitative research and formal models and thus have attempted to develop and refine rigorous methods for using case studies. This text presents a comprehensive analysis of research methods using case studies and e... MORE
Prefaceix
Part I Case Studies and Social Science1(60)
Chapter 1 Case Studies and Theory Development
3(34)
Chapter 2 Case Study Metho... MORE
37(24)
A Pedagogical Note to Parts II and III61(4)
Part II How to Do Case Studies65(60)
Chapter 3 The Method of Structured, Focused Comparison
67(6)
Chapter 4 Phase One: Designing Case Study Research
73(16)
Chapter 5 Phase Two: Carrying Out the Case Studies
89(20)
Chapter 6 Phase Three: Drawing the Implications of Case Findings for Theory
109(16)
Part III Alternative Methods and Select Issues125(162)
Chapter 7 Case Studies and the Philosophy of Science
127(24)
Chapter 8 Comparative Methods: Controlled Comparison and Within-Case Analysis
151(30)
Chapter 9 The Congruence Method
181(24)
Chapter 10 Process-Tracing and Historical Explanation
205(28)
Chapter 11 Integrating Comparative and Within-Case Analysis: Typological Theory
233(30)
Chapter 12 Case Studies and Policy-Relevant Theory
263(24)
Appendix: Studies That Illustrate Research Design287(40)
Index327(7)
About the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs334


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