The Grammar of Time: A Toolbox for Comparative Historical Analysis (Methods for Social Inquiry)

Kreuzer, Marcus

ISBN 10: 110848378X / ISBN 13: 9781108483780

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Grammar of Time: A Toolbox for Comparative Historical Analysis (Methods for Social Inquiry)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 110848378X
• ISBN 13: 9781108483780
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Kreuzer offers guidance to scholars looking to comparative historical analysis (CHA) for the tools to analyze macro-historical questions. Like history, CHA uses the past to formulate research questions, describe social transformations, and generate inductive insights. Like social science, CHA compares those patterns to explicate generalizable and testable theories. It operates in two different worlds―one constantly changing and full of cultural particularities and another static and full of orderly uniformities. CHA draws attention to the ontological constructions of these worlds; how scholars background historical and geographic particularities to create a social reality orderly enough for theorizing, while others foreground those particularities to re-complexify it to generate new inductive insights. CHA engages in ontological triage, dialogue between exploration and confirmation, and conversation in how to translate test results into genuine answers. This book is supplemented by online materials including introductory videos, diagnostic quizzes, advanced exercises, and annotated bibliographies.

About the Author

Marcus Kreuzer is Professor of Political Science Department, Villanova University. His research builds a bridge between the worlds of history and social science methodology. His earlier research focused on the 19th century origins of modern democracy and the role party systems played in the consolidation of interwar and post-communist democracies. His subsequent work on comparative historical methodology has won several best paper awards from American Political Science Association. He also regularly teaches comparative historical analysis at various methods schools.