Issues and Alternatives in Comparative Social Research / / edited by C.C. Ragin.

• Superior document: International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology ; 56
• TeilnehmendeR: Ragin, C.C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : Brill,, 1991.
• Year of Publication: 1991
• Language: English
• Series: International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology ; 56.; International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology Online.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Editor: Charles C. Ragin -- Introduction: The Problem of Balancing Discourse on Cases and Variables in Comparative Social Science / Charles C. Ragin -- Different Methods-Contradictory Results? Research on Development and Democracy / Dietrich Rueschemeyer -- Method and Theory in Comparative Urban Studies / David A. Smith -- Synthetic Strategies in Comparative Sociological Research: Methods and Problems of Internal and External Analysis / Thomas Janoski -- A Qualitative Comparative Approach to Latin American Revolutions / Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley -- Theoretical Generality, Case Particularity: Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Trade Union Growth and Decline / Larry J. Griffin , Christopher Botsko , Ana-Maria Wahl , and Larry W. Isaac -- Matching Samples and Analysing Their Differences in a Cross-National Study of Labour Market Entry in England and West German / John Bynner and Walter Heinz -- Informing Generality and Explaining Uniqueness: The Place of Case Studies in Comparative Research / York Bradshaw and Michael Wallace -- Making the Most of a Case Study: Theories of the Welfare State and the American Experience / Edwin Amenta -- The Use of Court Records in the Reconstruction of Village Networks: A Comparative Perspective / Karen Barkey -- Contributors / Editor: Charles C. Ragin -- Index / Editor: Charles C. Ragin.