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Case Studies And Causal Inference - An Integrative Framework

by I. Rohlfing

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 A discussion of the case study method which develops an integrative framework for causal inference in small-n research. This framework is applied to research design tasks such as case selection and process tracing. The book presents the basics, state-of-the-art and arguments for improving the case study method and empirical small-n research.
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Designing Case Studies - Explanatory Approaches In Small-N Research

by J. Blatter e M. Haverland

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 The authors explore three ways of conducting causal analysis in case studies. They draw on established practices as well as on recent innovations in case study methodology and integrate these insights into coherent approaches. They highlight the core features of each approach and provide advice on each step of the research process.
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Experimental Political Science - Principles And Practices

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 An exploration of core problems in experimental research on voting behaviour and political institutions, ranging from design and data analysis to inferences with respect to constructs, constituencies and causal claims. The focus of is on the implementation of principles in experimental political science and the reflection of actual practices.
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Method And Substance In Macrocomparative Analysis

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 Features analyses of a single substantive topic, comparative employment performance in affluent countries, using three of the most common macrocomparative techniques: pooled cross-section time-series regression, qualitative comparative analysis, and small-N analysis.
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Qualitative Methods In International Relations - A Pluralist Guide

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 We still lack practical answers to one of the most basic questions in empirical research: How should researchers interpret meanings? The contributors take seriously the goals of both post-modernist and positivist researchers, as they offer detailed guidance on how to apply specific tools of analysis and how to circumvent their inherent limitations.
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Interviewing Experts

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 Expert interviews are today a standard method of qualitative approach in the social sciences. It is surprising that methodological reflections about the expert interview are still lacking. This book gives a comprehensive overview of their theory and practice. The contributors are experienced theorists and practitioners of expert interviews.
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Comparative Policy Studies - Conceptual And Methodological Challenges

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 In the first volume of its kind, a collection of top policy scholars combine empirical and methodological analysis in the field of comparative policy studies to provide compelling insights into the formulation, implementation and evaluation of policies across regional and national boundaries.
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Political Science Research Methods In Action

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 Through accounts from innovative research projects by world-leading political scientists, this volume offers a unique perspective on research methodology. It discusses the practical and intellectual dilemmas researchers face throughout the research process in a wide range of fields from implicit attitude testing to media analysis and interviews.
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Mixed Methods In Comparative Politics - Principles And Applications

by D. Berg-Schlosser

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 This book approaches current controversies concerning qualitative and quantitative procedures in the social sciences and incorporates new methods showing how they can supplement each other. It is based on a comprehensive international research project that readers can apply to their findings through the data set provided on the author's home page.
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Comparative Policy Studies - Conceptual And Methodological Challenges

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 In the first volume of its kind, a collection of top policy scholars combine empirical and methodological analysis in the field of comparative policy studies to provide compelling insights into the formulation, implementation and evaluation of policies across regional and national boundaries.
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The Midnight Library

by Kazuno Kohara

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 Once there was a library which opened only at night ...
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How Labour Governments Fall - From Ramsay Macdonald To Gordon Brown

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 What similarities exist between the reasons for Labour losing office in 2010 and those behind why previous Labour governments were defeated? This edited volume provides a detailed historical appraisal which considers the importance of themes such as economic performance; political leadership and the condition of the Conservatives in opposition.
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Qualitative Methods In International Relations - A Pluralist Guide

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 We still lack practical answers to one of the most basic questions in empirical research:How should researchers interpret meanings? The contributors take seriously the goals of both post-modernist and positivist researchers, as they offer detailed guidance on how to apply specific tools of analysis and how to circumvent their inherent limitations.
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Manufacturing Mennonites - Work And Religion In Post-War Manitoba

by Janis Lee Thiessen

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 Complemented with interviews with workers, managers, and business owners, Manufacturing Mennonites pioneers two important new trajectories for scholarship - how religion can affect business history, and how class relations have influenced religious history.
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Project Governance - Getting Investments Right

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 Provides essential insight into what it takes to turn an initial idea into a project with successful outcome in the long term. Fills a gap in current literature on project management and is thoroughly grounded in the latest research in this field.
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Mixed Methods In Comparative Politics - Principles And Applications

by Dirk Berg-Schlosser

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 This book approaches current controversies concerning qualitative and quantitative procedures in the social sciences and incorporates new methods showing how they can supplement each other. It is based on a comprehensive international research project that readers can apply to their findings through the data set provided on the author's home page.
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Globalization And The Brics - Why The Brics Will Not Rule The World For Long

by Francesca Beausang

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 As the Eurozone faces an uncertain future and Obama struggles to demonstrate that America still has a superpower status, this book challenges the widespread perception that Brazil, Russia, India and China are becoming global economic and political powers, instead forecasting a decline rooted in excessive inequality and insufficient innovation.
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Case Studies And Causal Inference - An Integrative Framework

by Ingo Rohlfing

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 A discussion of the case study method which develops an integrative framework for causal inference in small-n research. This framework is applied to research design tasks such as case selection and process tracing. The book presents the basics, state-of-the-art and arguments for improving the case study method and empirical small-n research.
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Experimental Political Science - Principles And Practices

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 An exploration of core problems in experimental research on voting behaviour and political institutions, ranging from design and data analysis to inferences with respect to constructs, constituencies and causal claims. The focus of is on the implementation of principles in experimental political science and the reflection of actual practices.
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Private Choices, Social Costs And Public Policy - Economic Analysis Of Public Health Issues

by Nancy Hammerle

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 This work examines the magnitude of the external costs, both human and fiscal, that arise from individual behavioural choices. It treats topical and controversial public health issues - such as drug abuse, AIDS, teenage pregnancy, and cigarette smoking, from the perspective of the economist.
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Western European Integration - Implications For U.S. Policy And Strategy

by Michael J. Collins

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 Argues that the US strategic response to startling changes taking place in Western Europe should be no less dramatic. Collins describes the creation of a new type of political organization - a new way for people to combine themselves politically in Western Europe.
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Risky Sexual Behaviors Among African-Americans

by Ernest J. Johnson

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 This work sets out to examine the gathering and use of knowledge about the transmission of HIV/AIDS, condom use, drug use, history of sexually transmitted diseases and other relevant factors affecting African-American males and females who engage in risky sexual behaviour.
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Crisis In The Arabian Gulf - An Independent Iraqi View

by Nibras M. Araim

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 Analyzes the recent conflict between Iraq and Kuwait, the historical background and the ramifications of the crisis for Iraq, Kuwait and other nations of the Middle East, as well as the United Nations and international community - all from the perspective of an Iraqi citizen now living in the US.
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Europe In Transition - The Management Of Security After The Cold War

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 This volume analyzes the changing conditions in Europe since the momentous events of 1989, the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, the attempted coup d'etat against Gorbachev, and the 1991 civil war in Yugoslavia. It provides insight into the most important aspects of European security and assesses both North American and European perspectives.
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