Paradigms and sand castles : theory building and research design in comparative politics, Barbara Geddes

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Paradigms and sand castles : theory building and research design in comparative politics, Barbara Geddes

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theory building and research design in comparative politics

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Barbara Geddes

Instantiates

• Paradigms and sand castles : theory building and research design in comparative politics

Publication

• Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 2003

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-306) and index

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rdacarrier.

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Contents

Research design and the accumulation of knowledge -- Big questions, little answers : how the questions you choose affect the answers you get -- How the cases you choose affect the answers you get : selection bias and related issues -- How the evidence you use affects the answers you get : rigorous use of the evidence contained in case studies -- How the approach you choose affects the answers you get : the uses and limitations of rational choice comparative politics

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FIEb12937332

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24 cm.

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x, 314 pages

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9780472098354

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illustrations

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u206199

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(OCoLC)51607439