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The comparative method : moving beyond qualitative and quantitative strategies / Charles C. Ragin.
De Gruyter University of California Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ragin, Charles C., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences--Comparative method.
- Social sciences.
- Algebra, Boolean.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (216 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Charles C. Ragin's The Comparative Method proposes a synthetic strategy, based on an application of Boolean algebra, that combines the strengths of both qualitative and quantitative sociology. Elegantly accessible and germane to the work of all the social sciences, and now updated with a new introduction, this book will continue to garner interest, debate, and praise.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Preface and Overview
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction to the 2014 Edition
- 1. The Distinctiveness of Comparative Social
- 2. Heterogeneity and Causal
- 3. Case-Oriented Comparative
- 4. The Variable-Oriented
- 5. Combined Versus Synthetic Comparative
- 6. A Boolean Approach to Qualitative Comparison: Basic Concepts
- 7. Extensions of Boolean Methods of Qualitative Comparison
- 8. Applications of Boolean Methods of Qualitative Comparison
- 9. The Dialogue of Ideas and Evidence in Social
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780520957350
- 0520957350
- OCLC:
- 895042832
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