During the past decade, social mechanisms and mechanism-based explanations have
received considerable attention in the social sciences as well as in the philosophy of …

This article discusses developments in the field of qualitative methodology since the
publication of King, Keohane, and Verba's (KKV's) Designing Social Inquiry. Three areas of …

Crisp-set qualitative comparative analysis (csQCA), a research approach developed by
Charles Ragin in the 1980s, aims to combine qualitative and quantitative research …

Some political methodologists have become increasingly concerned about the pitfalls of
conventional regression analysis and seek instead to focus on more foundational issues of …

The impact of political institutions on policy performance has been a major research
question in studies of advanced democracies. This study analyzes the effects of institutions …

Nuestra metodología es de caso, y si bien usamos la comparación con Bolivia y Ecuador de
manera frecuente, este artículo se centra en el Perú. Creemos que la mejor aproximación …

This paper offers meta-reflections on the field of comparative politics, that is, the study of
politics around the world through the comparison of different countries. It presents and …

La literatura sobre el sistema político electoral en México a menudo se interesa en evaluar
el efecto de una reforma electoral, o bien de alguna otra variable contextual, sobre la …

La modelización formal es una herramienta metodológica en expansión dentro de la ciencia
política. Su utilización se basa en una estrategia deductiva que permite obtener …

This study undertakes an empirical investigation of private sector influence over
transnational financial regulatory policymaking. I examine the relationship between the …