Art and Craft of Comparison

A call to arms for researchers to embrace their comparative intuition and combine in-depth stories with general lessons from their research.

List of contents

1. Comparative intuition ; 2. Interpretation; 3. Dilemmas; 4. Design; 5. Fieldwork; 6. Analysis; 7. The craft of writing; 8. Retrospective; References; Indices.

About the author

John Boswell is Associate Professor in Politics at the University of Southampton. He is the author of The Real War on Obesity (2016).Jack Corbett is Professor of Politics at the University of Southampton. He has authored or edited of five books and more than fifty articles and book chapters. He holds honorary appointments at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, the Australian National University, and the Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University, Australia.R. A. W. Rhodes is Professor of Government (Research) at the University of Southampton. He has authored or edited forty books and two hundred articles and book chapters, including Network Governance and the Differentiated Polity: Selected Essays, Volume I (2017); and Interpretive Political Science: Selected Essays, Volume II (2017). He is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and Britain.

Summary

An alternative approach to the two orthodoxies that dominate the study of comparative politics: detailed case studies and quantitative analysis. The Art and Craft of Comparison provides practical rules of thumb, and many examples, to help readers understand how they might compare even the most unlikely contexts.

Product details

• Authors: John Boswell, John (University of Southampton) Boswell, John (University of Southampton) Corbett Boswell, Boswell John, Jack Corbett, Jack (University of Southampton) Corbett, Corbett Jack, R. A. W. Rhodes, R. A. W. (University of Southampton) Rhodes, Rhodes R. A. W.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781108460668
• ISBN: 978-1-108-46066-8
• No. of pages: 174
• Series: Strategies for Social Inquiry
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, Comparative Politics, Research methods: general, Research methods / methodology