Necessary conditions : theory, methodology, and applications / edited by Gary Goertz and Harvey Starr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goertz, Gary, 1953-

Starr, Harvey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Methodology.

Social sciences.

Logic.

Physical Description:

viii, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2003]

Contents:

1 Introduction: Necessary Condition Logics, Research Design, and Theory / Gary Goertz, Harvey Starr 1

2 Basic Logic and Research Design: Conceptualization, Case Selection, and the Form of Relationships / Benjamin A. Most, Harvey Starr 25

3 Cause, Correlation, and Necessary Conditions / Gary Goertz 47

4 The Substantive Importance of Necessary Condition Hypotheses / Gary Goertz 65

5 Evidence and Inference in the Comparative Case Study / Douglas Dion 95

6 Necessary Conditions in Case Studies: Preferences, Constraints, and Choices in July 1914 / Jack S. Levy 113

7 Practicing Coercion: Revisiting Successes and Failures Using Boolean Logic and Comparative Methods / Frank P. Harvey 147

8 Fuzzy-Set Analysis of Necessary Conditions / Charles C. Ragin 179

9 The Statistical Methodology of Necessary Conditions / Bear F. Braumoeller, Gary Goertz 197

10 Opportunity, Willingness, and Political Uncertainty: Theoretical Foundations of Politics / Claudio Cioffi-Revilla, Harvey Starr 225

11 Veto Players and Law Production in Parliamentary Democracies: An Empirical Analysis / George Tsebelis 249

12 The Decision to Attack Iraq: A Noncompensatory Theory of Decision-Making / Alex Mintz 277

13 Necessity and Sufficiency in Social Phenomena: Theoretical and Methodological Progress / Claudio Cioffi-Revilla 295.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0742519252

0742519260

OCLC:

50630567