This study critically examines 20 years of geography and political ecology literature on the
energy justice implications of climate change mitigation. Grounded in an expert guided …

▪ Abstract This article surveys the extensive new literature that has brought about a
renaissance of qualitative methods in political science over the past decade. It reviews this …

Qualitative comparative analysis is increasingly applied in strategy and organization
research. The main purpose of our essay is to support this growing community of qualitative …

A comprehensive introduction and teaching resource for state-of-the-art Qualitative
Comparative Analysis (QCA) using R software. This guide facilitates the efficient teaching …

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 …

Social phenomena can rarely be attributed to single causes--instead, they typically stem
from a myriad of interwoven factors that are often difficult to untangle. Drawing on set theory …

Summary (250 words) Process-tracing is a research method for tracing causal mechanisms
using detailed, within-case empirical analysis of how a causal process plays out in an actual …

Process tracing is a method that aims to trace causal mechanisms as they play out in real-
world cases using in-depth case studies. The analytical focus is on understanding the …

An innovative and accessible textbook on multimethod and case-study research
Multimethod research has become indispensable to doing social science, and is essential to …

Why do some countries fall apart, often along their ethnic fault lines, while others have held
together over decades and centuries, despite governing an equally diverse population …