The Comparative Method: Moving Beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Strategies - Softcover

Ragin, Charles C.

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9780520066182: The Comparative Method: Moving Beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Strategies
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ISBN 10: 0520066189 ISBN 13: 9780520066182
Publisher: University of California Press, 1989

Synopsis

Professor Ragin proposes a synthetic new strategy, based on an application of Boolean algebra, that will combine the strengths of both qualitative and quantitative sociology. Elegantly accessible and germane to the work of all the social sciences, this book will garner interest, debate, and praise from many quarters.

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About the Author

Charles C. Ragin is Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University.

From the Back Cover

"This splendidly original work . . . will become an epistemological landmark appreciated by many different schools of thought that have wrestled with the methodological problems Ragin raises and answers."―Daniel Chirot, University of Washington

"Charles Ragin has produced a well-argued and highly provocative contribution to the growing literature on methods of comparative and historical sociology. While not everyone will agree, all will learn from this book. The result will be to intensify the dialogue between theory and evidence in comparative research, furthering a fruitful symbiosis of 'quantitative' and 'qualitative' methods."―Theda Skocpol, Harvard University

From the Inside Flap

"This splendidly original work . . . will become an epistemological landmark appreciated by many different schools of thought that have wrestled with the methodological problems Ragin raises and answers."—Daniel Chirot, University of Washington

"Charles Ragin has produced a well-argued and highly provocative contribution to the growing literature on methods of comparative and historical sociology. While not everyone will agree, all will learn from this book. The result will be to intensify the dialogue between theory and evidence in comparative research, furthering a fruitful symbiosis of 'quantitative' and 'qualitative' methods."—Theda Skocpol, Harvard University

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Publisher
University of California Press
Publication date
1989
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0520066189
ISBN 13 
9780520066182
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
218
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