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Comparative Methods in the Social Sciences

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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Comparative research methods are central to sociology and its associated disciplines. This four-volume set brings together 77 articles and book chapters from key sources, spanning the history of comparative analysis in the social sciences, from ancient to modern works. The selections cover not only explanations of how to carry out comparative analysis in a reliable and creative way, but also exhaustively explore the fields of sociology, political science, anthropology and education.

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Utgivningsdatum2006-01-05
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt3 100 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieSAGE Benchmarks in Social Research Methods
Antal sidor1 688
Upplaga1
FörlagSAGE Publications
ISBN9781412911443

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Volume One: Foundations and Early ExemplarsThe Politics - AristotleHistories - PolybiusThe Rise of the Roman EmpireThe Muqaddimah - Ibn KhaldunMethod for the Easy Comprehension of History - Jean BodinComparative Political Analysis in Montesquieu and Tocqueville - Melvin RichterThe Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte - Auguste ComteSystem of Logic - John Stuart MillOn the Method of Investigating the Development of Institutions - Edward B TylorApplied to Laws of Marriage and DescentThe Limitations of the Comparative Method in Anthropology - Franz BoasMaterial Culture and Social Institutions of the Simpler Peoples - L T Hobhouse, G C Wheeler and M GinsbergAn Essay in CorrelationComparative Analysis of Political Ideologies - Daniel Lerner, I Pool and H D LasswellA Preliminary StatementThe Comparative Method in Anthropology - A R Radcliffe-BrownVolume Two: The Logic of Comparative MethodsMacrocomparative Research Methods - Kenneth A Bollen, Barbara Entwisle and Arthur S AndersonInforming Generality and Explaining Uniqueness - York Bradshaw and Michael WallaceThe Place of Case Studies in Comparative ResearchHistorical Explanation and Comparative Method - A A van den BraembusscheTowards a Theory of the History of SocietyCausal Inference and Comparative Methods - E Gene DeFeliceStrategies in Comparative Sociology - Mattei DoganComparative Cross-National Methodology - Joseph W ElderOn the Scope and Methods of Cross-Cultural Research - N Frijda and G JahodaCurrent Issues in Comparative Macrosociology - J H GoldthorpeA Debate on Methodological IssuesIntroduction - Bradford B Hudson, Mohamed K Barakat and Rolfe LaForgeProblems and Methods of Cross-Cultural ResearchHow Comparative Is Comparative Research? - Roger JowellMaking Comparative Research Cumulative - Robert M MarshGalton′s Problem - Raoull NarollThe Logic of Cross-Cultural ResearchTheory and Method in Comparative Research - Charles Ragin and David ZaretTwo StrategiesToward Comparative Historiography - Fritz RedlichThe Development of Cross-National Comparative Research - Stein RokkanA Review of Current Problems and PossibilitiesThe Comparative Method in Social Research - E A SuchmanMeasurement in Comparative Research - Henry TeuneThe Cross-Cultural Method - J W M WhitingVolume Three: Data (Sources and Problems) and Contemporary ExemplarsPART ONE: DATA SOURCES AND PROBLEMSConcepts, Context and Discourse in a Comparative Case Study - Emma CarmelThickening Thin Concepts and Theories - M CoppedgeCombining Large and Small in Comparative PoliticsEvidence and Inference in the Comparative Case Study - D DionEurope through the Looking-Glass - Bernhard EbbinghausComparative and Multi-Level PerspectivesThe Quality and Quantity of Data for Cross-Cultural Studies - Carol R EmberData Problems in Quantitative Comparative Analysis - Michael C HudsonCausal Inference in Historical Institutional Analysis - E S LiebermanA Specification of Periodization StrategiesComparative Field Studies - Robert L Munroe and Ruth H MunroeMethodological Issues and Future PossibilitiesQualitative Comparative Analysis and a Hermeneutic Approach to Interview Data - Kati Rentala and Eeva HellstromComparative Research, Experimental Design and the Comparative Method - H TeunePART TWO: CONTEMPORARY EXEMPLARS IN SOCIOLOGY AND POLITICAL SCIENCEComparative Political Systems - Gabriel A AlmondA Comparative Method for the Study of Politics - David E ApterThe Comparative Study of Organizations - Peter BlauDemocracy with Adjectives - David Collier and S LevitskyConceptual Innovation in Comparative ResearchThe Comparative and Historical Study of Revolutions - Jack A GoldstoneThe Comparative Study of National Societies - Terry K Hopkins and Immanuel WallersteinThe Role of General Theory in Comparative-Historical Sociology - E Kiser and Michael HechterComparative Politics and the Comparative Method - Arend LijphartThe Comparative Method in Political Studies - Leslie LipsonComparative Social Mobility - Judah MatrasComparative Politics - Sigmund NeumannA Half-Century AppraisalComparative Sociology and the Comparative Method - Charles C RaginComparing Historical Sequences - A Powerful Tool for Causal Analysis - Dietrich Rueschemeyer and J D StephensThe Uses of Comparative History in Macrosocial Inquiry - Theda Skocpol and Margaret SomersMethod and Theory in Comparative Urban Studies - David A SmithMeans and Ends of Comparison in Macrosociology - Charles TillyPART THREE: CONTEMPORARY EXEMPLARS IN ANTHROPOLOGY AND EDUCATIONThe Comparative Method of Anthropology - Kenneth E BockMeasurement of Education in Comparative Research - Michael Braun and Walter MullerCase Study Research Methods and Comparative Education - Michael Crossley and Graham VulliamySocial Anthropology and the Method of Controlled Comparison - Fred EgganThe Comparative Method in Anthropological Perspective - E A HammelCross-National Studies and the Analysis of Comparative Qualitative Research - Gerald LeTendreComparative Education - Francisco O Ramirez and John W MeyerThe Social Construction of the Modern World SystemResearch Strategies in Comparative Education - V D Rust et alOn Comparative Methods in Social-Cultural Anthropology and in Linguistics - Gopala SaranaVolume Four: Qualitative and Quantitative Research: Problems and ProspectsPART ONE: QUALITATIVE METHODSWhere to Begin? A Survey of Five Approaches to Selecting Independent Variables for Qualitative Comparative Analysis - Edwin Amenta and J D PoulsenInsights and Pitfalls - David Collier and James MahoneySelection Bias in Qualitative ResearchNarrative as Data - Roberto FranzosiLinguistic and Statistical Tools for the Qualitative Study of Historical EventsQualitative Comparative Analysis and Analytical Induction - A M HicksNominal, Ordinal and Narrative Appraisal in Macrocausal Analysis - James MahoneyCanons of Research Design in Qualitative Analysis - Gerardo L MunckThe Logic of Qualitative Comparative Analysis - Charles C RaginOdious Comparisons - George SteinmetzIncommensurability, the Case Study and ′Small N′s′ in SociologyPART TWO: QUANTITATIVE METHODSNew Directions in Quantitative Comparative Sociology - Wil Arts and Loek HalmanReduction of Complexity for a Small-N Analysis - D Berg-Schlosser and G De MeurThe Methodology of Necessary Conditions - Bear F Braumoeller and Gary GoertzThe Quantitative Study of National Character - Hayashi ChickoInterchronological and International PerspectivesLog-Linear Models in Comparative Research - Jos Dessens, Wim Jansen and Kristen RingdalA Paradigm Lost?Evidence and Inference in the Comparative Case Study - Douglas DionQuantitative Cross-National Analysis as a Research Tool in the Sociology of Developing Countries - Mark HerkenrathA Critical ExaminationSmall N′s and Big Conclusions - Stanley LiebersonAn Examination of the Reasoning in Comparative Studies Based on a Small Number of CasesStrategies of Causal Inference in a Small-N Analysis - James Mahoney