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245 00 Rethinking comparison : |binnovative methods for qualitative political inquiry / |cedited by Erica S. Simmons, Nicholas Rush Smith.
264  1 Cambridge : |bCambridge University Press, |c2021.
300    1 online resource (xvii, 284 pages)
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500    Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Sep 2021).
520    Qualitative comparative methods - and specifically controlled qualitative comparisons - are central to the study of politics. They are not the only kind of comparison, though, that can help us better understand political processes and outcomes. Yet there are few guides for how to conduct non-controlled comparative research. This volume brings together chapters from more than a dozen leading methods scholars from across the discipline of political science, including positivist and interpretivist scholars, qualitative methodologists, mixed-methods researchers, ethnographers, historians, and statisticians. Their work revolutionizes qualitative research design by diversifying the repertoire of comparative methods available to students of politics, offering readers clear suggestions for what kinds of comparisons might be possible, why they are useful, and how to execute them. By systematically thinking through how we engage in qualitative comparisons and the kinds of insights those comparisons produce, these collected essays create new possibilities to advance what we know about politics.
650  0 Comparative government. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85029298
650  0 Qualitative research. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99004969
650  0 Political science |xResearch |xMethodology.
700 1  Simmons, Erica S., |eauthor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2015067795
700 1  Smith, Nicholas Rush, |eauthor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2018068413
776 08  |iPrint version: |z9781108832793