Methodological Issues in Comparative Social Science
Will be published approx. on 6. May 1997
Book
Hardback
290 pages
978-0-7623-0250-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Emerald Publishing Limited
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
602 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7623-0250-5 (9780762302505)
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Content
Current issues in comparative macro sociology, John H. Goldthorpe; turning the tables - how case-orientated research challenges variable-orientated research, Charles C. Ragin; means and ends of comparison in macrosociology, Charles Tilly; comparing historical sequences - a powerful tool for casual analysis, Dietrich Rueschemeyer and John D. Stephens; stories, observations, systems, theories, Henry Teune; the concept of turning point, Andrew Abbott; methodolgical issues in comparative macrosociology, Jack A. Goldstone; a response to commentaries, John H. Goldthorpe; reduction of complexity for a small-N analysis - a stepwise multi-methodological approach, Dirk Berg-Schlosser and Gisele De Meur; measurement of education in comparative research, Michael Braun and Walter Muller; comparative political economy of life course, Karl Ulrich Mayer; making institutions dynamic in cross-national research - time-space distancing in explaining unemployment, Thomas Janoski.