1. The Importance of Comparison

Forms of Comparative Analysis

Types of Comparative Studies

Regional Statistical Analyses

Global Statistical Studies

The Content of Comparisons

Cross-Time Comparisons

Summary

2. The Logic of Comparison

Comparative Research Design

Levels of Analysis

Summary and Conclusion

3. The Number of Cases

Strategies with Different Numbers of Cases

Summary and Conclusion

4. Measurement and Bias

The Travelling Problem

Topologies

Triangulation

Nominal Categories

Ideal-Type Analysis and Measurement

Summary

5. The Role of Theory

Levels of Explanation

Macro-Level Theories

Meso-Levels Theories

Micro-Level Approaches

Summary

6. The Case Study

Improving Case Research

Issues in Case Study Research

The Role of the Case Researcher

7. Building on Case Analysis

Meta-Analysis

Boolean Algebra and Cumulation

Summary

8. Events Data and Change Over Time

Events Data

Summary

9. Statistical Analysis

Statistical Modes of Explanation in Comparative Politics

Coping with Small-N

Secondary Analysis

Summary

10. The Future of Comparative Politics

Territory or Function: Choices in Comparison

Theory and the Restriction of Perspective

Methods and the Restriction of Vision

The Exceptional and the Ordinary: What Can We Learn from Each?

Modesty But Hope

The Future of Comparative Politics