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Mixed methods in comparative politics : principles and applications

Record Type:	Electronic resources : monographic
Title Information:	principles and applications
Author:	Berg-SchlosserDirk.,
Place of Publication:	Basingstoke
Published:	Palgrave Macmillan;
Year of Publication:	2012
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 245 p.)ill. :
Series:	Research methods series
Subject:	Comparative government - Research -
Subject:	POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Comparative -
Subject:	POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137283375
Notes:	Description based on print version record.
Summary:	This book exemplifies how distinct methods and epistemological persuasions in the social sciences can be meaningfully integrated and applied in a large international research project. The procedures are outlined step by step and enable readers to understand and apply these themselves. Important differences between common statistical procedures and recent developments in comparative research based on set theory and Boolean algebra for research situations with a limited number of cases (small N) become apparent. This is usually the case in Comparative Politics at the national level, for exampleA comparing developments and policies within the European Union or other world regions, but also at a sub-national or local level. Various patterns and historical 'paths' can be demonstrated in this way. The substantive example chosen, the political consequences of the Great Depression in Europe in the 1930s, has important repercussions for the current world economic and financial crisis as well.
ISBN:	9781137283375electronic bk.
ISBN:	1137283378electronic bk.
Content Note:	Introduction The "state of the art" in empirical democratic theory Comparative research designs and case selection Model specification and operationalization A case study - Belgium Testing major hypotheses with "Qualitative comparative analysis" Establishing similarities and dissimilarities Systematic matching and contrasting of cases Reduction of complexity Cross-sectional analysis Longitudinal analyses Conclusions and perspectives.

Mixed methods in comparative politics : principles and applications
Berg-Schlosser, Dirk.

Mixed methods in comparative politics : principles and applications / Dirk Berg-Schlosser. - Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. - 1 online resource (xi, 245 p.) ; ill.. - (Research methods series).
Introduction.
Description based on print version record..
Includes bibliographic references and index..
ISBN 9781137283375ISBN 1137283378
Comparative governmentPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / ComparativePOLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference -- Research

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