Strategies for comparative research in political science - Peters, B. Guy (Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, [England] Palgrave Macmillan, 2013)
aContents note continued: The purposes of case research -- The case as process -- Issues in case study research -- The role of the case researcher -- Conclusion -- 7.Building on Case Analysis -- Meta-analysis -- Boolean algebra and cumulation -- Conclusion -- 8.Events Data and Change Over Time -- Events data -- The method -- Relationships with other methods -- Potential problems -- Conclusion -- 9.Statistical Analysis -- Statistical modes of explanation in comparative politics -- The question of time -- The problem of context -- Coping with a small N -- Secondary analysis -- Conclusion -- 10.The Future of Comparative Politics -- Territory or function: choices in comparison -- Theory and the restriction of perspective -- Methods and the restriction of vision -- The exceptional and the ordinary: what can we learn from each? -- Modesty, but hope -- The future of comparative politics.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-279) and index.
Keywords: Political science -- Research -- Methodology