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9780762302505

Comparative Social Research, 1997

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  • ISBN13:

    9780762302505

  • ISBN10:

    076230250X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1997-11-01
  • Publisher: Jai

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Focusing upon the area of social methodology, this volume examines diverse approaches toward sociological research. These include case-orientated research versus variable orientated research, a multi-methodological approach and comparing historical sequences. The book should serve as a source of reference for research into approaches to social methodology.

Table of Contents

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS vii(4)
INTRODUCTION xi
Fredrik Engelstad
Lars Mjoset
CURRENT ISSUES IN COMPARATIVE MACROSOCIOLOGY: A DEBATE ON METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES
1(26)
John H. Goldthorpe
TURNING THE TABLES: HOW CASE-ORIENTED RESEARCH CHALLENGES VARIABLE-ORIENTED RESEARCH
27(16)
Charles C. Ragin
MEANS AND ENDS OF COMPARISON IN MACROSOCIOLOGY
43(12)
Charles Tilly
COMPARING HISTORICAL SEQUENCES--A POWERFUL TOOL FOR CAUSAL ANALYSIS
55(18)
Dietrich Rueschemeyer
John D. Stephens
STORIES, OBSERVATIONS, SYSTEMS, THEORIES
73(12)
Henry Teune
ON THE CONCEPT OF TURNING POINT
85(22)
Andrew Abbott
METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN COMPARATIVE MACROSOCIOLOGY
107(14)
Jack A. Goldstone
A RESPONSE TO THE COMMENTARIES
121(12)
John H. Goldthorpe
REDUCTION OF COMPLEXITY FOR A SMALL-N ANALYSIS: A STEPWISE MULTI-METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH
133(30)
Dirk Berg-Schlosser
Gisele De Meur
MEASUREMENT OF EDUCATION IN COMPARATIVE RESEARCH
163(40)
Michael Braun
Walter Muller
COMPARATIVE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF LIFE COURSES
203(24)
Karl Ulrich Mayer
MAKING INSTITUTIONS DYNAMIC IN CROSS-NATIONAL RESEARCH: TIME-SPACE DISTANCING IN EXPLAINING UNEMPLOYMENT
227
Thomas Janoski
Christa McGill
Vanessa Tinsley

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