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Innovative comparative methods for policy analysis : beyond the quantitative-qualitative divide
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Innovative comparative methods for policy analysis : beyond the quantitative-qualitative divide

Author: Benoît Rihoux; Heike M Grimm
Publisher: New York, NY : Springer, ©2006.
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Innovative comparative methods for policy analysis.
New York, NY : Springer, c2006
(DLC) 2005933471
(OCoLC)63180627
Material Type: Document, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: Benoît Rihoux; Heike M Grimm
ISBN: 9780387288291 0387288295 0387288287 9780387288284 6610618984 9786610618989
OCLC Number: 68488186
Description: 1 online resource (xi, 344 p.) : ill.
Contents: Cover --
Table of Contents --
List of Figures --
List of Tables --
Acknowledgements --
Chapter 1 Introduction. Beyond the ' Qualitative-Quantitative Divide: Innovative Comparative Methods for Policy Analysis --
Part One: Systematic Comparative Case Studies: Design, Methods and Measures --
Chapter 2 The Limitations of Net-Effects Thinking --
Chapter 3 A Question of Size? A Heuristics for Stepwise Comparative Research Design --
Chapter 4 MSDO/MDSO Revisited for Public Policy Analysis --
Chapter 5 Beyond Methodological Tenets. The Worlds of QCA and SNA and their Benefits to Policy Analysis --
Part Two: Innovative Comparative Methods to Analyze Policy-Making Processes: Applications --
Chapter 6 Entrepreneurship Policy and Regional Economic Growth. Exploring the Link and Theoretical Implications --
Chapter 7 Determining the Conditions of HIV/AIDS Prevalence in Sub-Saharan Africa. Employing New Tools of Macro-Qualitative Analysis --
Chapter 8 Diversity, Ideal Types and Fuzzy Sets in Comparative Welfare State Research --
Chapter 9 Scenario-Building Methods as a Tool for Policy Analysis --
Part Three: Innovative Comparative Methods for Policy Implementation and Evaluation: Applications --
Chapter 10 A New Method for Policy Evaluation? Longstanding Challenges and the Possibilities of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) --
Chapter 11 Social Sustainability of Community Structures: A Systematic Comparative Analysis within the Oulu Region in Northern Finland --
Chapter 12 QCA as a Tool for Realistic Evaluations. The Case of the Swiss Environmental Impact Assessment --
Part Four: Conclusion --
Chapter 13 Conclusion. Innovative Comparative Methods for Policy Analysis: Milestones to Bridge Different Worlds --
References --
Contributors --
Abstracts --
Index --
Last Page.
Responsibility: edited by Benoît Rihoux, Heike Grimm.
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