Advances in comparative-historical analysis - Mahoney, James 1968-; Thelen, Kathleen Ann (Cambridge Cambridge University Press, 2015)
PART I. INTRODUCTION. -- Comparative-historical analysis in contemporary political science / Kathleen Thelen and James Mahoney -- PART II. AGENDA-SETTING WORK. -- The developmental state is dead : long live the developmental state! / Stephan Haggard -- Coalitions, policies, and distribution : Esping-Andersen's three worlds of welfare capitalism / Jane Gingrich -- Not just what but when (and how) : comparative-historical approaches to authoritarian durability / Steven Levitsky and Lucan A. Way -- PART III. TOOLS FOR TEMPORAL ANALYSIS. -- Power and path dependence / Paul Pierson -- Critical junctures and institutional change / Giovanni Capoccia -- Drift and conversion : hidden faces of institutional change / Jacob S. Hacker, Paul Pierson and Kathleen Thelen -- PART IV. ISSUES OF METHOD. -- The comparative sequential method / Tulia G. Falleti and James Mahoney -- Nested analysis : towards the integration of comparative-historical analysis with other social science methods / Evan S. Lieberman -- Epilogue : comparative-historical analysis : past, present, future / Wolfgang Streeck.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology