Process tracing : from metaphor to analytic tool /
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 mechan...
| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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| Series: | Strategies for social inquiry.
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 329 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-319) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107044524 (hardback) 1107044529 (hardback) 9781107686373 (paperback) 1107686377 (paperback) 1316191109 (electronic bk.) 9781316191101 (electronic bk.) 1139858475 9781139858472 |