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Andrew Bennett - Process Tracing: From Metaphor to Analytic Tool (Strategies for Social Inquiry) - 9781107686373 - V9781107686373
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Process Tracing: From Metaphor to Analytic Tool (Strategies for Social Inquiry)

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Description for Process Tracing: From Metaphor to Analytic Tool (Strategies for Social Inquiry) paperback. This book provides empirically grounded conceptual, design and practical advice on conducting process tracing, a key method of qualitative research. Editor(s): Bennett, Andrew; Checkel, Jeffrey T. Series: Strategies for Social Inquiry. Num Pages: 342 pages, 13 b/w illus. 9 tables. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 177 x 18. Weight in Grams: 610.
Advances in qualitative methods and recent developments in the philosophy of science have led to an emphasis on explanation via reference to causal mechanisms. This book argues that the method known as process tracing is particularly well suited to developing and assessing theories about such mechanisms. The editors begin by establishing a philosophical basis for process tracing - one that captures mainstream uses while simultaneously being open to applications by interpretive scholars. Equally important, they go on to establish best practices for individual process-tracing accounts - how micro to go, when to start (and stop), and how to deal with ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Strategies for Social Inquiry
Condition
New
Number of Pages
342
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107686373
SKU
V9781107686373
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About Andrew Bennett
Andrew Bennett is Professor of Government at Georgetown University. He is also President of the Consortium on Qualitative Research Methods, which sponsors the annual Institute on Qualitative and Multi-Method Research at Syracuse University. He is the co-author, with Alexander L. George, of Case Studies and Theory Development (2005), which won the Giovanni Sartori Prize in 2005 for the best book ... Read more

Reviews for Process Tracing: From Metaphor to Analytic Tool (Strategies for Social Inquiry)
'Bennett and Checkel have assembled an impressive group of scholars on the cutting-edge methodological issues involved in process tracing, while at the same time providing concrete, practical advice for scholars who wish to use this technique of analysis in a variety of different research programs. As a result of this dual approach, this volume represents a steep change from earlier ... Read more

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