Comparative Policy Studies: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges

✍ Scribed by Isabelle Engeli, Christine Rothmayr Allison (eds.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Leaves: 269
Series: Research Methods Series
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Conceptual and Methodological Challenges in Comparative Public Policy....Pages 1-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Conceptualizing Public Policy....Pages 17-33
Selecting Cases and Inferential Types in Comparative Public Policy Research....Pages 35-56
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Case Studies and (Causal-) Process Tracing....Pages 59-83
Intermediate-N Comparison: Configurational Comparative Methods....Pages 85-107
Quantitative Methodologies in Public Policy....Pages 109-129
Interpretive Analysis and Comparative Research....Pages 131-159
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
Comparing Beyond Europe and North America....Pages 163-184
Methods for the Analysis of Policy Interdependence....Pages 185-204
Gendering Comparative Policy Studies: Towards Better Science....Pages 205-235
Mixed-Methods Designs in Comparative Public Policy Research: The Dismantling of Pension Policies....Pages 237-264

✦ Subjects

Social Policy; Public Policy; Comparative Politics; Political Theory; Political Philosophy; Public Administration

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