Process tracing: from metaphor to analytic tool/ ed by Andrew Bennett and Jeffrey T Checkel.

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Series: Strategies for social inquiryPublication details: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015.Description: xiii, 329 pISBN:

9781107686373 (paperback)

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320.01 Q51

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Summary: "Advances in qualitative methods and recent developments in the philosophy of science have led to an emphasis on explanation via reference to causal mechanisms. This book argues that the method known as process tracing is particularly well suited to developing and assessing theories about such mechanisms.The editors begin by establishing a philosophical basis for process tracing - one that captures mainstream uses while simultaneously being open to applications by interpretive scholars"--

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-319) and index.

"Advances in qualitative methods and recent developments in the philosophy of science have led to an emphasis on explanation via reference to causal mechanisms. This book argues that the method known as process tracing is particularly well suited to developing and assessing theories about such mechanisms.The editors begin by establishing a philosophical basis for process tracing - one that captures mainstream uses while simultaneously being open to applications by interpretive scholars"--

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