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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Strategies for social inquiry
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Strategies for social inquiry.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Democratization and Research Methods; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; List of figures; Acknowledgments; 1: Research methods and democratization; Rationale; Overview; 2: Defining and measuring democracy; Operationalizing concepts; A trade-off between validity and extension; Measurement; Consequences for analysis; Data-driven research; Consequences of measurement error; Levels of measurement; Precision; Thickening thin concepts; Conclusion; 3: Criteria for evaluating causal theories; Three fundamental criteria for good theory; Generality; Integration; Thickness. |
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Multiple paths to theoryTheory in small-sample studies; Theory in large-sample comparisons; Formal theory; Toward theoretical perfection; 4: Checklists, frameworks, and Boolean analysis; Conventional wisdoms; Culture and leadership; Economy and society; The state and political institutions; International causes; What checklists tell us; Moving beyond checklists: Inductive theoretical frameworks; Linz: The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes; O'Donnell and Schmitter: Transitions from Authoritarian Rule; Linz and Stepan: Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation; Boolean analysis. |
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Appendix: Coding criteria and sources for checklist demonstration5: Case studies and comparative history; Histories and case studies; The nature of comparative histories; Evaluation of the comparative-historical approach; Appendix; 6: Formal models and theories; Integration; Positional models of liberalization; Positional models of transition and survival; Economic models of transition and survival; Evaluating formal theories and models; Thickness; Integration; Generality; Conclusion; 7: Rigor in extensive and intensive testing; Degrees and kinds of rigor. |
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Trade-offs between extensive and intensive testingToward testing that is extensive and intensive; Prospects; 8: Political culture and survey research; Versions of political culture; Macro-macro studies; A comprehensive framework; Political culture and mass-led regime change or consolidation; Support for democracy and democratic institutions; Other mass attitudes; Culture and behavior; Conclusion; 9: Quantitative testing; Assumptions of quantitative analysis; Measurement; Inference; Specification; Estimation; Tests with cross-sectional data. |
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The complications and advantages of time-series cross-sectional dataOther dependent variables; Other explanatory variables; Relatively fixed predictors; Stock variables; Dynamic variables; Conclusion; 10: An agenda for future research; Concepts and indicators; Case studies and comparative histories; Formal models and theories; Political culture; Quantitative testing; Prospects for democratization research; References; Index. |
| Summary |
Democratization and Research Methods summarizes what researchers know about why countries become and remain democracies, and why they often do not. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Democratization -- Research -- Methodology.
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Democratization. |
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Research. |
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Methodology. |
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Comparative government -- Research -- Methodology.
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Comparative government -- Research. |
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Comparative government. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Coppedge, Michael. Democratization and Research Methods. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9780521830324 |
| ISBN |
9781139518383 (electronic book) |
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1139518380 (electronic book) |
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1280775068 |
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9781280775062 |
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9781139016179 (electronic book) |
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1139016172 (electronic book) |
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9781139514880 |
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1139514881 |
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9780521830324 |
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052183032X |
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9780521537278 |
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0521537274 |
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9781139516532 |
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1139516531 |
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