Table of contents for Comparative historical analysis in the social sciences / edited by James Mahoney, Dietrich Rueschemeyer.


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1. Comparative-historical analysis: achievements and agendas James Mahoney and Dietrich Rueschemeyer
Part I. Accumulation of Research: 2. Comparative-historical analysis and knowledge accumulation in the study of revolutions Jack A. Goldstone
3. What we know about the development of social policy: comparative and historical research in comparative and historical perspective Edwin Amenta
4. Knowledge accumulation in comparative-historical research: the case of democracy and authoritarianism James Mahoney
Part II. Analytic Tools: 5. Big, slow-moving, and ... invisible: macro-social processes in the study of comparative politics Paul Pierson
6. How institutions evolve: insights from comparative-historical analysis Kathleen Thelen
7. Uses of network tools in comparative-historical research Roger V. Gould
8. Periodization and preferences: reflections on purposive action in comparative-historical social science Ira Katznelson
Part III: Issues of Method: 9. Can one or a few cases yield gains? Dietrich Rueschemeyer
10. Strategies of causal assessment in comparative-historical analysis James Mahoney
11. Aligning ontology and methodology in comparative politics
12. Doubly engaged social science: the promise of comparative-historical analysis Theda Skocpol.


Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Social sciences Research Methodology