Title The Oxford handbook of political methodology / edited by Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Henry E. Brady and David Collier

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 880 pages) : illustrations Series Oxford handbooks The Oxford handbooks of political science Oxford handbooks. Oxford handbooks of political science. Contents pt. I. Introduction -- 1. Political science methodology / Janet Box-Steffensmeier, Henry Brady, David Collier -- 2. Normative methodology / Russell Hardin -- pt. II. Approaches to social science methodology -- 3. Meta-methodology : clearing the underbrush / Mark Bevir -- 4. Agent-based modeling / Scott de Marchi and Scott E. Page -- pt. III. Concepts and measurement -- 5. Concepts, theories, and numbers : a checklist for constructing, evaluating, and using concepts or quantitative measures / Gary Goertz -- 6. Measurement / Simon Jackman -- 7. Typologies : forming concepts and creating categorical variables / David Collier, Jody LaPorte, and Jason Seawright -- 8. Measurement versus calibration : a set-theoretic approach / Charles C. Ragin -- 9. The evolving influence of psychometrics in political science / Keith T. Poole -- pt. IV. Causality and explanation in social research -- 10. Causation and explanation in social science / Henry E. Brady -- 11. The Neyman-Rubin model of causal inference and estimation via matching methods / Jasjeet S. Sekhon -- 12. On types of scientific enquiry : the role of qualitative reasoning / David A. Freedman -- 13. Studying mechanisms to strengthen causal inferences in quantitative research / Peter Hedstrom -- pt. V. Experiments, quasi-experiments and natural experiments -- 14. Experimentation in political science / Rebecca B. Morton and Kenneth C. Williams -- 15. Field experiments and natural experiments / Alan S. Gerber and Donald P. Green -- pt. VI. Quantitative tools for descriptive and causal inference : general methods -- 16. Survey methodology / Richard Johnston -- 17. Endogeneity and structural equation estimation in political science / John E. Jackson -- 18. Structural equation models / Kenneth A. Bollen, Sophia Rabe-Hesketh, and Anders Skrondal -- 19. Time-series analysis / Jon C. Pevehouse and Jason D. Brozek -- 20. Time-series cross-section methods / Nathaniel Beck -- 21. Bayesian analysis / Andrew D. Martin -- pt. VII. Quantitative tools for descriptive and causal inference : special topics -- 22. Discrete choice methods / Garrett Glasgow and R. Michael Alvarez -- 23. Survival analysis / Jonathan Golub -- 24. Cross-level/ecological inference / Wendy K. Tam Cho and Charles F. Manski -- 25. Empirical models of spatial interdependence / Robert J. Franzese Jr, and Jude C. Hays -- 26. Multilevel models / Bradford S. Jones -- pt. VIII. Qualitative tools for descriptive and causal inference -- 27. Counterfactuals and case studies / Jack S. Levy -- 28. Case selection for case-study analysis : qualitative and quantitative techniques / John Gerring -- 29. Interviewing and qualitative field methods : pragmatism and practicalities / Brian C. Rathbun -- 30. Process tracing : a Bayesian perspective / Andrew Bennett -- 31. Case-oriented configurational research : Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA), fuzzy sets, and related techniques / Benoit Rihoux -- 32. Comparative-historical analysis in contemporary political science / James Mahoney and P. Larkin Terrie -- 33. Integrating qualitative and quantitative methods / James D. Fearon and David D. Laitin -- pt. IX. Organizations, institutions, and movements in the field of methodology -- 34. Qualitative and multimethod research : organizations, publication, and reflections on integration / David Collier and Colin Elman -- 35. Quantitative methodology / Charles H. Franklin -- 36. Forty years of publishing in quantitative methodology / Michael S. Lewis-Beck -- 37. The EITM approach : origins and interpretations / John H. Aldrich, James E. Alt, and Arthur Lupia Summary Political methodology has changed dramatically over the past thirty years, and many new methods and techniques have been developed. Both the Political Methodology Society and the Qualitative/Multi-Methods Section of the American Political Science Association have engaged in ongoing research and training programs that have advanced quantitative and qualitative methodology. The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology presents and synthesizes these developments. The Handbook provides comprehensive overviews of diverse methodological approaches, with an emphasis on three major themes. First, specific methodological tools should be at the service of improved conceptualization, comprehension of meaning, measurement, and data collection. They should increase analysts' leverage in reasoning about causal relationships and evaluating them empirically by contributing to powerful research designs. Second, the authors explore the many different ways of addressing these tasks: through case-studies and large-n designs, with both quantitative and qualitative data, and via techniques ranging from statistical modelling to process tracing. Finally, techniques can cut across traditional methodological boundaries and can be useful for many different kinds of researchers. Many of the authors thus explore how their methods can inform, and be used by, scholars engaged in diverse branches of methodology Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes English Print version record Subject Political science -- Methodology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Political science -- Methodology Empirische Sozialforschung Methode Politieke wetenschappen. Wetenschappelijke technieken. Genre/Form Electronic books handbooks. Handbooks and manuals Handbooks and manuals. Guides et manuels. Form Electronic book Author Box-Steffensmeier, Janet M., 1965- Brady, Henry E. Collier, David, 1942- ISBN 9780191577307 0191577308 0191558214 9780191558214

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