Comparative Methods: Summary of the Course


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The Goals of Social and Political Research

Goals and Stratgies for Research

Research Strategies and the number of Cases

Case- vs. Variable-Oriented Approaches

Case- vs. Variable-Oriented Approaches (2)

Case- vs. Variable-Oriented Approaches (3)

Cases and their Aspects

Mill's Methods of Agreement and Difference

The problem of analytical elimination: Mill’s Method of Agrement

The problem of analytical elimination: Mill’s Method of Difference

Most-Different and Most-Similar Research Design

The Problem of Control: MDRD & MSRD

Most favorable and Least favorable Designs

Maximizing Explanatory Power in comparative research

Max Weber vs. Emile Durkheim

A debate on methodological Issues

A debate on methodological: The Three Problems

Turning the Table

Multiple conjunctural causation

Combined Vs. Synthetic Strategies

What features should a synthetic strategy possess?

The research dialogue of Boolean analysis is variable-oriented in two ways

Truth Tables & The Comparative Research: Countries Study of Austerity Protest

Preparing a Comparative Research Proposal

Comparative Designs

The Great Comparativists

What is a case?

Some types of Case Study