Paradigms and sand castles

Geddes, Barbara.

Paradigms and sand castles theory building and research design in comparative politics / [electronic resource] : Barbara Geddes. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2003. - x, 314 p. - Analytical perspectives on politics . - Analytical perspectives on politics. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-306) and index.

Research design and the accumulation of knowledge -- Big questions, little answers : how the questions you choose affect the answers you get -- How the cases you choose affect the answers you get : selection bias and related issues -- How the evidence you use affects the answers you get : rigorous use of the evidence contained in case studies -- How the approach you choose affects the answers you get : the uses and limitations of rational choice comparative politics.


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Comparative government.
Political science--Research.


Electronic books.

JA86 / .G35 2003eb

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