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 …

Laboratory experiments are a widely used methodology for advancing causal knowledge in
the physical and life sciences. With the exception of psychology, the adoption of laboratory …

Survey experiments have become a central methodology across the social sciences.
Researchers can combine experiments' causal power with the generalizability of population …

The third edition of this popular, innovative and engaging textbook introduces students to the
various methods of modern social science, explaining how these have emerged, their …

Process tracing is a fundamental tool of qualitative analysis. This method is often invoked by
scholars who carry out within-case analysis based on qualitative data, yet frequently it is …

Case Study Research: Principles and Practices aims to provide a general understanding of
the case study method as well as specific tools for its successful implementation. These tools …

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 …

John Gerring's exceptional textbook has been thoroughly revised in this second edition. It
offers a one-volume introduction to social science methodology relevant to the disciplines of …

Experimentation is an increasingly popular method among political scientists. While
experiments are highly advantageous for creating internally valid conclusions, they are often …

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 …