Rethinking Social Inquiry Diverse Tools, Shared Standards

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ISBN: 9781442203440

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Edition: 2nd 2010

Authors: Henry E. Brady, David Collier

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With innovative new chapters on process tracing, regression analysis, and natural experiments, the second edition of Rethinking Social Inquiry further extends the reach of this path-breaking book. The original debate with King, Keohane, and Verba_now updated_remains central to the volume, and the new material illuminates evolving discussions of essential methodological tools. Thus, process tracing is often invoked as fundamental to qualitative analysis, but is rarely applied with precision. Pitfalls of regression analysis are sometimes noted, but often are inadequately examined. And the complex assumptions and trade-offs of natural experiments are poorly understood. The second edition…

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List price: $48.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/16/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 428
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.06" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.650
Language: English



List of Figures and Tables


Preface to the Second Edition


Preface to the First Edition


Introduction to the Second Edition: A Sea Change in Political Methodology




A Debate on Methodology



Framing the Debate



Refocusing the Discussion of Methodology




The Quest for Standards: King, Keohane, and Verba's Designing Social Inquiry




Critiques of the Quantitative Template



Doing Good and Doing Better: How Far Does the Quantitative Template Get Us?




Some Unfulfilled Promises of Quantitative Imperialism




How Inference in the Social (but Not the Physical) Sciences Neglects Theoretical Anomaly




Linking the Quantitative and Qualitative Traditions



Bridging the Quantitative-Qualitative Divide




The Importance of Research Design




Diverse Tools, Shared Standards



Critiques, Responses, and Trade-Offs: Drawing Together the Debate




Sources of Leverage in Causal Inference: Toward an Alternative View of Methodology




Causal Inference: Old Dilemmas, New Tools


Introduction to Part II




Qualitative Tools for Causal Inference



Process Tracing and Causal Inference




On Types of Scientific Inquiry: The Role of Qualitative Reasoning




Data-Set Observations versus Causal-Process Observations: The 2000 U.S. Presidential Election



Addendum: Teaching Process Tracing




Quantitative Tools for Causal Inference



Regression-Based Inference: A Case Study in Failed Causal Assessment




Design-Based Inference: Beyond the Pitfalls of Regression Analysis?



Glossary



Bibliography


Acknowledgment of Permission to Reprint Copyrighted Material


Subject Index


Name Index


About the Contributors