Rueschmeyer shows how to construct theory frames & use them to develop valid empirical hypotheses in the course of empirical social & political research.
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The project of twentieth-century sociology and political science--to create predictive scientific theory--resulted in few full-scale theories that can be taken off the shelf and successfully applied to empirical puzzles. Yet focused "theory frames" that formulate problems and po…
Part 1: A debate on methodology: Framing the debate - Critiques of the quantitative template - Linking the quantitative and qualitative traditions - Diverse tools, shared standards; Part II: Causal inference: old dilemmas, new tools: Qualitative tools for causal inference - Quan…
"Advances in qualitative methods and recent developments in the philosophy of science have led to an emphasis on explanation via reference to causal mechanisms. This book argues that the method known as process tracing is particularly well suited to developing and assessing theo…
"Advances in qualitative methods and recent developments in the philosophy of science have led to an emphasis on explanation via reference to causal mechanisms. This book argues that the method known as process tracing is particularly well suited to developing and assessing theo…
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