Democratization and research methods
Democratization and Research Methods summarizes what researchers know about why countries become and remain democracies, and why they often do not.
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- Full title :Democratization and research methods / Michael Coppedge.
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Democratization and Research Methods summarizes what researchers know about why countries become and remain democracies, and why they often do not.
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- Publication Date:2012.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2012.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781139518383, 1139518380, 1280775068, 9781280775062, 9781139016179, 1139016172, 9781139514880, 1139514881
- oclc:ocn796383846
- LC Classification:JC423
- Dewey Decimal:321.8
Table of Contents
Cover; Democratization and Research Methods; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; List of figures; Acknowledgments; 1: Research methods and democratization; Rationale; Overview; 2: Defining and measuring democracy; Operationalizing concepts; A trade-off between validity and extension; Measurement; Consequences for analysis; Data-driven research; Consequences of measurement error; Levels of measurement; Precision; Thickening thin concepts; Conclusion; 3: Criteria for evaluating causal theories; Three fundamental criteria for good theory; Generality; Integration; Thickness.
Multiple paths to theoryTheory in small-sample studies; Theory in large-sample comparisons; Formal theory; Toward theoretical perfection; 4: Checklists, frameworks, and Boolean analysis; Conventional wisdoms; Culture and leadership; Economy and society; The state and political institutions; International causes; What checklists tell us; Moving beyond checklists: Inductive theoretical frameworks; Linz: The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes; O'Donnell and Schmitter: Transitions from Authoritarian Rule; Linz and Stepan: Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation; Boolean analysis.
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