Alan Sica

Comparative Methods in the Social Sciences

Herausgeber: Sica, Alan

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications
• Seitenzahl: 1688
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Februar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 3143g
• ISBN-13: 9781412911443
• ISBN-10: 1412911443
• Artikelnr.: 21727473

Inhaltsangabe

Volume One: Foundations and Early Exemplars The Politics - Aristotle Histories - Polybius The Rise of the Roman Empire The Muqaddimah - Ibn Khaldun Method for the Easy Comprehension of History - Jean Bodin Comparative Political Analysis in Montesquieu and Tocqueville - Melvin Richter The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte - Auguste Comte System of Logic - John Stuart Mill On the Method of Investigating the Development of Institutions - Edward B Tylor Applied to Laws of Marriage and Descent The Limitations of the Comparative Method in Anthropology - Franz Boas Material Culture and Social Institutions of the Simpler Peoples - L T Hobhouse, G C Wheeler and M Ginsberg An Essay in Correlation Comparative Analysis of Political Ideologies - Daniel Lerner, I Pool and H D Lasswell A Preliminary Statement The Comparative Method in Anthropology - A R Radcliffe-Brown Volume Two: The Logic of Comparative Methods Macrocomparative Research Methods - Kenneth A Bollen, Barbara Entwisle and Arthur S Anderson Informing Generality and Explaining Uniqueness - York Bradshaw and Michael Wallace The Place of Case Studies in Comparative Research Historical Explanation and Comparative Method - A A van den Braembussche Towards a Theory of the History of Society Causal Inference and Comparative Methods - E Gene DeFelice Strategies in Comparative Sociology - Mattei Dogan Comparative Cross-National Methodology - Joseph W Elder On the Scope and Methods of Cross-Cultural Research - N Frijda and G Jahoda Current Issues in Comparative Macrosociology - J H Goldthorpe A Debate on Methodological Issues Introduction - Bradford B Hudson, Mohamed K Barakat and Rolfe LaForge Problems and Methods of Cross-Cultural Research How Comparative Is Comparative Research? - Roger Jowell Making Comparative Research Cumulative - Robert M Marsh Galton
s Problem - Raoull Naroll The Logic of Cross-Cultural Research Theory and Method in Comparative Research - Charles Ragin and David Zaret Two Strategies Toward Comparative Historiography - Fritz Redlich The Development of Cross-National Comparative Research - Stein Rokkan A Review of Current Problems and Possibilities The Comparative Method in Social Research - E A Suchman Measurement in Comparative Research - Henry Teune The Cross-Cultural Method - J W M Whiting Volume Three: Data (Sources and Problems) and Contemporary Exemplars PART ONE: DATA SOURCES AND PROBLEMS Concepts, Context and Discourse in a Comparative Case Study - Emma Carmel Thickening Thin Concepts and Theories - M Coppedge Combining Large and Small in Comparative Politics Evidence and Inference in the Comparative Case Study - D Dion Europe through the Looking-Glass - Bernhard Ebbinghaus Comparative and Multi-Level Perspectives The Quality and Quantity of Data for Cross-Cultural Studies - Carol R Ember Data Problems in Quantitative Comparative Analysis - Michael C Hudson Causal Inference in Historical Institutional Analysis - E S Lieberman A Specification of Periodization Strategies Comparative Field Studies - Robert L Munroe and Ruth H Munroe Methodological Issues and Future Possibilities Qualitative Comparative Analysis and a Hermeneutic Approach to Interview Data - Kati Rentala and Eeva Hellstrom Comparative Research, Experimental Design and the Comparative Method - H Teune PART TWO: CONTEMPORARY EXEMPLARS IN SOCIOLOGY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE Comparative Political Systems - Gabriel A Almond A Comparative Method for the Study of Politics - David E Apter The Comparative Study of Organizations - Peter Blau Democracy with Adjectives - David Collier and S Levitsky Conceptual Innovation in Comparative Research The Comparative and Historical Study of Revolutions - Jack A Goldstone The Comparative Study of National Societies - Terry K Hopkins and Immanuel Wallerstein The Role of General Theory in Comparative-Historical Sociology - E Kiser and Michael Hechter Comparative Politics and the Comparative Method - Arend Lijphart The Comparative Method in Political Studies - Leslie Lipson Comparative Social Mobility - Judah Matras Comparative Politics - Sigmund Neumann A Half-Century Appraisal Comparative Sociology and the Comparative Method - Charles C Ragin Comparing Historical Sequences - A Powerful Tool for Causal Analysis - Dietrich Rueschemeyer and J D Stephens The Uses of Comparative History in Macrosocial Inquiry - Theda Skocpol and Margaret Somers Method and Theory in Comparative Urban Studies - David A Smith Means and Ends of Comparison in Macrosociology - Charles Tilly PART THREE: CONTEMPORARY EXEMPLARS IN ANTHROPOLOGY AND EDUCATION The Comparative Method of Anthropology - Kenneth E Bock Measurement of Education in Comparative Research - Michael Braun and Walter Muller Case Study Research Methods and Comparative Education - Michael Crossley and Graham Vulliamy Social Anthropology and the Method of Controlled Comparison - Fred Eggan The Comparative Method in Anthropological Perspective - E A Hammel Cross-National Studies and the Analysis of Comparative Qualitative Research - Gerald LeTendre Comparative Education - Francisco O Ramirez and John W Meyer The Social Construction of the Modern World System Research Strategies in Comparative Education - V D Rust et al On Comparative Methods in Social-Cultural Anthropology and in Linguistics - Gopala Sarana Volume Four: Qualitative and Quantitative Research: Problems and Prospects PART ONE: QUALITATIVE METHODS Where to Begin? A Survey of Five Approaches to Selecting Independent Variables for Qualitative Comparative Analysis - Edwin Amenta and J D Poulsen Insights and Pitfalls - David Collier and James Mahoney Selection Bias in Qualitative Research Narrative as Data - Roberto Franzosi Linguistic and Statistical Tools for the Qualitative Study of Historical Events Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Analytical Induction - A M Hicks Nominal, Ordinal and Narrative Appraisal in Macrocausal Analysis - James Mahoney Canons of Research Design in Qualitative Analysis - Gerardo L Munck The Logic of Qualitative Comparative Analysis - Charles C Ragin Odious Comparisons - George Steinmetz Incommensurability, the Case Study and
Small N
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in Sociology PART TWO: QUANTITATIVE METHODS New Directions in Quantitative Comparative Sociology - Wil Arts and Loek Halman Reduction of Complexity for a Small-N Analysis - D Berg-Schlosser and G De Meur The Methodology of Necessary Conditions - Bear F Braumoeller and Gary Goertz The Quantitative Study of National Character - Hayashi Chicko Interchronological and International Perspectives Log-Linear Models in Comparative Research - Jos Dessens, Wim Jansen and Kristen Ringdal A Paradigm Lost? Evidence and Inference in the Comparative Case Study - Douglas Dion Quantitative Cross-National Analysis as a Research Tool in the Sociology of Developing Countries - Mark Herkenrath A Critical Examination Small N
s and Big Conclusions - Stanley Lieberson An Examination of the Reasoning in Comparative Studies Based on a Small Number of Cases Strategies of Causal Inference in a Small-N Analysis - James Mahoney