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Beach, Derek
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Process-tracing methods : : foundations and guidelines /\ Derek Beach and Rasmus Brun Pedersen
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| Publication Statement
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Ann Arbor :: University of Michigan Press,, c2013
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vi, 199 p. :: ill. ;; 23 cm
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9780472071890 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 0472071890 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9780472051892 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 047205189X (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 9780472028856 (e-book)
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: 0472028855 (e-book)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Process-Tracing in the Social Sciences -- 1.1.Defining Process-Tracing -- 1.2.How Process-Tracing Differs from Other Case Study Methods -- 1.3.Themes of the Book -- ch. 2 The Three Different Variants of Process-Tracing and Their Uses -- 2.1.The State of the Art -- One Method -- 2.2.The Three Different Uses of Process-Tracing Methods -- 2.3.The Three Variants of Process-Tracing -- 2.4.Conclusions: A New Understanding of Process-Tracing -- ch. 3 What Are Causal Mechanisms? -- 3.1.The Ontology of Causality in the Social Sciences -- 3.2.Causal Mechanism -- A Mechanismic Definition -- 3.3.Debates about the Nature of Causal Mechanisms -- ch. 4 Working with Theories of Causal Mechanisms -- 4.1.Common Challenges Shared by All Three Variants -- 4.2.Different Types of Causal Mechanisms -- 4.3.Theory-Testing Process-Tracing -- 4.4.Theory-Building Process-Tracing -- 4.5.Explaining-Outcome Process-Tracing -- ch. 5 Causal Inference and Process-Tracing Methods -- 5.1.The Type of Inferences Made in Process-Tracing -- 5.2.What Type of Inferential Logic Can Be Used in Process-Tracing? -- 5.3.The Bayesian Logic of Inference and Process-Tracing -- 5.4.Making Causal Inferences in Process-Tracing Methods -- Uses and Limits -- ch. 6 Developing Empirical Tests of Causal Mechanisms -- 6.1.Bayesian Updating -- 6.2.Types of Evidence in Process-Tracing -- 6.3.Test Strength -- 6.4.An Extended Example of Conceptualization and Operationalization of Causal Mechanisms: Studying Bureaucratic Politics -- ch. 7 Turning Observations into Evidence -- 7.1.How Observations Are Turned into Evidence -- 7.2.Sources of Evidence in Process-Tracing -- ch. 8 Case Selection and Nesting Process-Tracing Studies in Mixed-Method Designs -- 8.1.Theory-Testing Process-Tracing -- 8.2.Theory-Building Process-Tracing -- 8.3.Explaining-Outcome Process-Tracing -- 8.4.Challenges of Nesting Theory-Centric Process-Tracing Studies in Mixed-Method Designs -- 8.5.Conclusions -- Appendix: A Checklist for Process-Tracing Analysis -- A.1.When Can Process-Tracing Be Used, and Which Variant Should We Choose? -- A.2.Checklist for Theory-Testing Process-Tracing -- A.3.Checklist for Theory-Building Process-Tracing -- A.4.Checklist for Explaining-Outcome Process-Tracing
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Social sciences-- Methodology
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Social sciences-- Research-- Methodology
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Social sciences, Case studies
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| Dewey Classification
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300.1/15
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H61.B37 2013
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H61.B37 2013
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| Added Entry
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Pedersen, Rasmus Brun,1978-
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