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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786557203321

Autore

Ragin Charles C.

Titolo

The comparative method : moving beyond qualitative and quantitative strategies / / Charles C. Ragin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-520-95735-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Classificazione

CM 2200

Disciplina

300/.72

Soggetti

Social sciences - Comparative method

Algebra, Boolean

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.