Social Science Methodology - 2nd ed - A Unified Framework

Informationen zum Autor John Gerring is Professor of Political Science at Boston University, where he teaches courses on methodology and comparative politics. He has published several books including Social Science Methodology: A Criterial Framework (Cambridge, 2001), Case Study Research: Principles and Practices (Cambridge, 2007) and A Centripetal Theory of Democratic Governance (Cambridge, 2008). He served as a fellow of the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, as a member of The National Academy of Sciences' Committee on the Evaluation of USAID Programs to Support the Development of Democracy, as President of the American Political Science Association's Organized Section on Qualitative and Multi-Method Research and is the current recipient of a grant from the National Science Foundation to collect historical data related to colonialism and long-term development. Klappentext A new and thoroughly revised edition of this exceptional textbook, offering a one-volume introduction to social science methodology. Zusammenfassung Gerring's exceptional textbook has been thoroughly revised in this second edition. It offers a one-volume introduction to social science methodology! relevant to disciplines across the social sciences. It covers both qualitative and quantitative methods and synthesizes the diverse field of methodology in a way that is clear! concise and comprehensive. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. A unified framework; Part I. General: 2. Beginnings; 3. Arguments; 4. Analyses; Part II. Description: 5. Concepts; 6. Descriptive arguments; 7. Measurements; Part III. Causation: 8. Causal arguments; 9. Causal analyses; 10. Causal strategies: X and Y; 11. Causal strategies: beyond X and Y; 12. Varying approaches to causal inference; Part IV. Conclusions: 13. Unity and plurality; 14. Setting standards; Postscript: justifications; Appendix: a few words on style.

Product details

• Authors: John Gerring, John (Boston University) Gerring, Gerring John
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2011
• EAN: 9780521132770
• ISBN: 978-0-521-13277-0
• Dimensions: 177 mm x 248 mm x 26 mm
• Series: Strategies for Social Inquiry; Strategies for Social Inquiry
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sozialforschung, Forschungsmethoden, allgemein, Empirische Sozialforschung, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, Sozialforschung / Empirische Sozialforschung, Forschung (wirtschafts-, sozialwissenschaftlich) / Sozialforschung, Englische Bücher / Politik- u. Sozialwissenschaft, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology, Social research & statistics, Social research and statistics