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Case studies and theory development in the social sciences / Alexander L. George and Andrew Bennett.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: BCSIA studies in international securityPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London : The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (MIT Press), [2005]Copyright date: c2005Description: xv, 331 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0262572222 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780262572224 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 300.722 GEO 22
Summary: "The use of case studies to build and test theories in political science and the other social sciences has increased in recent years. Many scholars have argued that the social sciences rely too heavily on quantitative research and formal models and thus have attempted to develop and refine rigorous methods for using case studies. This text presents a comprehensive analysis of research methods using case studies and
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Copyright 2005 by The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The use of case studies to build and test theories in political science and the other social sciences has increased in recent years. Many scholars have argued that the social sciences rely too heavily on quantitative research and formal models and thus have attempted to develop and refine rigorous methods for using case studies. This text presents a comprehensive analysis of research methods using case studies and

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