Configurational Comparative Methods
Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Related Techniques
Benot Rihoux Charles C. Ragin Paperback 08-14-2008
Universit catholique de Louvain University of California, Irvine ISBN: 9781412942355 $50.00
240 Pages
Configurational Comparative Methods paves the way for an innovative approach to empirical scientific work through a strategy that integrates key strengths of both qualitative (case-oriented) and quantitative (variable-oriented) approaches. This first-of-its-kind text is ideally suited for "small-N" or "intermediate-N" research situations, which both mainstream qualitative and quantitative methods find difficult to address. Benot Rihoux and Charles C. Ragin, along with their contributing authors, offer both a basic, comparative research design overview and a technical and hands-on review of Crisp-Set QCA (csQCA), Multi-Value QCA (mvQCA), and Fuzzy-Set QCA (fsQCA). Key Features Discusses existing applications in many different fields and disciplines along with state-of-the-art coverage of the strengths and limitations of these techniques Demonstrates further inventive ways of using QCA techniques Provides advice on how to develop a comparative research design (case and variable selection) as well as a specific technique called MSDO/MDSO (most similar, different outcome/most different, same outcome). Shows how to perform the technical operations linked to three specific QCA techniques: csQCA, mvQCA, and fsQCA Includes a glossary, an extensive bibliography, and a detailed list of good practices at every stage of the research process Intended Audience A must for any student or researcher who wants to engage in systematic cross-case comparison in the social and behavioral sciences, the book is ideal for use in upper-level undergraduate and graduate-level social science research methods courses.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 1. Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) as an Approach 2. Comparative Research Design: Case and Variable Selection 3. Crisp-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (CSQCA) Benot Rihoux and Charles Ragin Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Gisle De Meur, Benot Rihoux & Charles Ragin Dirk Berg-Schlosser & Gisle De Meur Benot Rihoux & Gisle De Meur
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Configurational Comparative Methods
Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Related Techniques
4. Multi-Value QCA (MVQCA) 5. Qualitative Comparative Analysis Using Fuzzy Sets (FSQCA) 6. A Commented Review of Applications 7. Addressing the Critiques of QCA 8. Conclusions - The Way(s) Ahead FURTHER RESOURCES FOR CONFIGURATIONAL COMPARATIVE METHODS GLOSSARY THEMATIC AND AUTHOR INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHORS A Commented Review of Applications Addressing the Critiques of QCA Comparative Research Design: Case and Variable Selection Conclusions - The Way(s) Ahead Crisp-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis Multi-Value QCA (mvQCA) Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) as an Approach
Lasse Cronqvist & Dirk Berg-Schlosser Charles C. Ragin Sakura Yamasaki & Benot Rihoux Gisle De Meur, Benot Rihoux & Sakura Yamasaki Benot Rihoux, Charles Ragin and Sakura Yamasaki Damien Bol and Sakura Yamasaki Sakura Yamasaki, Benot Rihoux, Gisle De Meur and Charles C. Ragin
Sakura Yamasaki, Benot Rihoux Gisele De Meur, Benot Rihoux, Sakura Yamasaki Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Gisele De Meur Benot Rihoux, Charles Ragin, Sakura Yamasaki, Damien Bol Benot Rihoux, Gisele De Meur Lasse Cronqvist, Dirk Berg-Schlosser Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Gisele De Meur, Benot Rihoux, Charles Ragin
FEATURES/NEW TO THIS EDITION
Comparative Methods continues to pave the way for a new approach to empirical social scientific work - i.e. a new, distinctive way to envisage the dialogue between ideas and evidence. The ambition of this approach is to develop a "synthetic strategy" that integrates some key strengths of both the "qualitative" (case-oriented) and "quantitative" (variableoriented) approaches. The approach is also specifically suited for "small N" or "intermediate N" research situations, which both mainstream qualitative and quantitative methods find difficult to address. The text itself is broadly appealing at a two-tier level: the first offers a basic, comparative research design overview; the second provides a more technical review of QCA, MVQCA, and fuzzy sets.
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