Nicholas Weller, Jeb Barnes

Finding Pathways

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book introduces 'pathway analysis', a method to combine large and small-N research techniques and to aid understanding of causal mechanisms.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 312g
• ISBN-13: 9781107684768
• ISBN-10: 1107684765
• Artikelnr.: 40602683

Autorenporträt

Nicholas Weller is Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Southern California.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Pathway analysis and the elusive search for causal mechanisms
2. Preparing for pathway analysis
3. Case selection for pathway analysis
4. Comparison of case selection approaches
5. Regression-based case selection for pathway analysis of non-linear relationships
6. Matching to select cases for pathway analysis
7. Using large-N methods to gain perspective on prior case studies
8. Pathway analysis and future studies of mechanisms
9. Conclusion.