Advances in Comparative-Historical Analysis (Strategies for Social Inquiry) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107110025 ISBN 13: 9781107110021

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2015

Synopsis

Against the backdrop of an explosion of interest in new techniques for data collection and theory testing, this volume provides a fresh programmatic statement about comparative-historical analysis. It examines the advances and distinctive contributions that CHA has made to theory generation and the explanation of large-scale outcomes that newer approaches often regard as empirically intractable. An introductory essay locates the sources of CHA's enduring influence in core characteristics that distinguish this approach, such as its attention to process and its commitment to empirically grounded, deep case-based research. Subsequent chapters explore broad research programs inspired by CHA work, new analytic tools for studying temporal processes and institutional dynamics, and recent methodological tools for analyzing sequences and for combining CHA work with other approaches. This volume is essential reading for scholars seeking to learn about the sources of CHA's enduring influence and its contemporary analytical and methodological techniques.

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About the Authors

James Mahoney is Gordon Fulcher Professor in Decision-Making and Professor of Political Science and Sociology at Northwestern University, Illinois.

Kathleen Thelen is Ford Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107110025
• ISBN 13: 9781107110021
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 324
• Editor: Mahoney James, Thelen Kathleen