
Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences
Description
The book explains how to design case study research that will produce results useful to policymakers and emphasizes the importance of developing policy-relevant theories. It offers three major contributions to case study methodology: an emphasis on the importance of within-case analysis, a detailed discussion of process tracing, and development of the concept of typological theories. Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences will be particularly useful to graduate students and scholars in social science methodology and the philosophy of science, as well as to those designing new research projects, and will contribute greatly to the broader debate about scientific methods.
Product Details
Publisher | The MIT Press |
Publish Date | April 15, 2005 |
Pages | 352 |
Language | English |
Type | |
EAN/UPC | 9780262572224 |
Dimensions | 9.3 X 6.3 X 0.9 inches | 1.0 pounds |
About the Author
Andrew Bennett is Associate Professor of Government at Georgetown University and the author of Condemned to Repetition? The Rise, Fall, and Reprise of Soviet-Russian Military Interventionism, 1973-1996 (MIT Press, 1999).
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