Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Configurational Comparative Methods by Charles C. Ragin, Benoît Rihoux This new addition to the Applied Social Research Methods series is unrivalled, it is written by leaders in the growing field of rigorous, comparative techniques. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Configurational Comparative Methods paves the way for an innovative approach to empirical scientific work through a strategy that integrates key strengths of both qualitative (case-oriented) and quantitative (variable-oriented) approaches. This first-of-its-kind text is ideally suited for "small-N" or "intermediate-N" research situations, which both mainstream qualitative and quantitative methods find difficult to address. Benoit Rihoux and Charles C. Ragin, along with their contributing authors, offer both a basic, comparative research design overview and a technical and hands-on review of Crisp-Set QCA (csQCA), Multi-Value QCA (mvQCA), and Fuzzy-Set QCA (fsQCA). Author Biography Charles C. Ragin spent most of his youth in Texas and the southeastern United States. He attended the University of Texas at Austin as an undergraduate and received his BA degree in 1972 at the age of 19. That same year he began graduate work in sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received his PhD in 1975. From 1975 until 2001, he lived in the Midwest, teaching first at Indiana University and then at Northwestern University. He headed west in 2001, where he spent just over a decade at University of Arizona-Tucson. In 2012, he joined the faculty at the University of California-Irvine, where he is currently the Chancellor′s Professor of Sociology. He is best known for developing a methodological alternative to conventional research methods, using formal set-theoretic techniques for comparative research. His many publications address broad issues in politics and society, with topics ranging from the causes of ethnic political mobilization to the shaping of the welfare state in advanced capitalist countries. He has written several books including Intersectional Inequality: Race, Class, Test Scores and Poverty (with Peer Fiss, 2017). Redesigning Social Inquiry: Fuzzy Sets and Beyond (2008) Fuzzy-Set Social Science (2000). His book The Comparative Method: Moving Beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Strategies (1987) won the 1989 Stein Rokkan Prize of the International Social Science Council of UNESCO. In 2014 he received the Paul F. Lazarsfeld Award of the American Sociological Association. He is married to Mary Driscoll, and they have two sons, Andrew and Daniel. Table of Contents INTRODUCTION - Benoît Rihoux and Charles Ragin1. Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) as an Approach - Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Gisèle De Meur, Benoît Rihoux & Charles Ragin2. Comparative Research Design: Case and Variable Selection - Dirk Berg-Schlosser & Gisèle De Meur3. Crisp-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (CSQCA) - Benoît Rihoux & Gisèle De Meur4. Multi-Value QCA (MVQCA) - Lasse Cronqvist & Dirk Berg-Schlosser5. Qualitative Comparative Analysis Using Fuzzy Sets (FSQCA) - Charles C. Ragin6. A Commented Review of Applications - Sakura Yamasaki & Benoît Rihoux7. Addressing the Critiques of QCA - Gisèle De Meur, Benoît Rihoux & Sakura Yamasaki8. Conclusions - The Way(s) Ahead - Benoît Rihoux, Charles Ragin and Sakura YamasakiFURTHER RESOURCES FOR CONFIGURATIONAL COMPARATIVE METHODS - Damien Bol and Sakura YamasakiGLOSSARY - Sakura Yamasaki, Benoît Rihoux, Gisèle De Meur and Charles C. RaginTHEMATIC AND AUTHOR INDEXABOUT THE AUTHORSA Commented Review of Applications - Sakura Yamasaki, Benoît RihouxAddressing the Critiques of QCA - Gisele De Meur, Benoît Rihoux, Sakura YamasakiComparative Research Design: Case and Variable Selection - Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Gisele De MeurConclusions - The Way(s) Ahead - Benoît Rihoux, Charles Ragin, Sakura Yamasaki, Damien BolCrisp-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis - Benoît Rihoux, Gisele De MeurMulti-Value QCA (mvQCA) - Lasse Cronqvist, Dirk Berg-SchlosserQualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) as an Approach - Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Gisele De Meur, Benoît Rihoux, Charles Ragin Review "This is a readable and useful book . . . an extended essay on one particular method, which is easy to understand, easy to apply, and generally useful. The method itself is implemented in a computer technique. . . . This method will systematize the analysis and produce an elegant statement of the combination of conditions which lead to a divided working class--provided there are no contradictions in the data. Where there are contradictions, Ragins method will identify these combinations of conditions that lead to an ambiguous result."--William Miller, "Study of Public Policy Details ISBN1412942357 Short Title CONFIGURATIONAL COMPARATIVE ME Series Applied Social Research Methods Language English ISBN-10 1412942357 ISBN-13 9781412942355 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 300.72 Series Number 50 Illustrations Yes Year 2008 Author Benoît Rihoux Imprint SAGE Publications Inc Subtitle Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Related Techniques Country of Publication United States Place of Publication Thousand Oaks DOI 10.1604/9781412942355 UK Release Date 2008-09-04 NZ Release Date 2008-09-04 US Release Date 2008-09-04 Edited by Paula Queiroz Birth 1974 Affiliation European University Viadrina, Germany Position journalist Qualifications Ph.D. Pages 240 Publisher SAGE Publications Inc Publication Date 2008-09-04 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2008-09-03 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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ISBN-13: 9781412942355
Book Title: Configurational Comparative Methods
Subject Area: Social Research
Item Height: 215 mm
Item Width: 139 mm
Series: Applied Social Research Methods
Author: Benoit Rihoux, Charles C. Ragin
Publication Name: Configurational Comparative Methods: Qualitative Comparative Analysis (Qca) and Related Techniques
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: SAGE Publications INC International Concepts
Publication Year: 2008
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Item Weight: 280 g
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
