Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and other set-theoretic methods distinguish
themselves from other approaches to the study of social phenomena by using sets and the …

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme
and is available on www. bloomsburycollections. com. This book invites readers to explore …

Some in the social sciences argue that the same logic applies to both qualitative and
quantitative methods. In A Tale of Two Cultures, Gary Goertz and James Mahoney …

Systematic, practical, and accessible, this is the first book to focus on finding the most
defensible design for a particular research question. Thoughtful guidelines are provided for …

A discussion of the case study method which develops an integrative framework for causal
inference in small-n research. This framework is applied to research design tasks such as …

This paper has two overarching goals–to summarize recent developments on the
philosophical and practical dimensions of process tracing, and to identify features common …

The field of social movement studies has expanded dramatically over the past three
decades. But as it has done so, its focus has become increasingly narrow and'movement …

There is a new empirical turn in international legal scholarship. Building on decades of
theoretical work in law and social science, a new generation of empirical studies is …

This article attempts to reformulate and resuscitate the seemingly prosaic methodological
task of description, which is often derided in favour of causal analysis. First, the problem of …

Recent work by Carles Boix and Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson has focused on the
role of inequality and distributive conflict in transitions to and from democratic rule. We …