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

Ragin, Charles C.

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9780520280038: The Comparative Method: Moving Beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Strategies
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ISBN 10: 0520280032 ISBN 13: 9780520280038
Publisher: University of California Press, 2014

Synopsis

Charles C. Ragin’s The Comparative Method proposes a synthetic strategy, based on an application of Boolean algebra, that combines the strengths of both qualitative and quantitative sociology. Elegantly accessible and germane to the work of all the social sciences, and now updated with a new introduction, this book will continue to garner interest, debate, and praise.

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About the Author

Charles C. Ragin is Chancellor's Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine.

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
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0520280032
ISBN 13 
9780520280038
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
216
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