{"product_id":"innovative-comparative-methods-for-policy-analysis-beyond-the-quantitative-qualitative-divide-9780387288284","title":"Innovative Comparative Methods for Policy Analysis: Beyond the Quantitative-Qualitative Divide","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Benoit Rihoux\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Economic History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInnovative Comparative Methods for Policy Analysis\u003c\/em\u003e aims to provide a decisive push to the further development and application of innovative and specific comparative methods for the improvement of policy analysis. To take on this challenge, this volume brings together methodologists and specialists from a broad range of social scientific disciplines and policy fields.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe work further develops methods for systematic comparative cases analysis in a small-N research design, with a key emphasis laid on policy-oriented applications. Innovative \u003cem\u003eComparative Methods for Policy Analysis\u003c\/em\u003e is clearly both a social scientific \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e policy-driven endeavor; on the one hand, the book engages in an effort to further improve social scientific methods, but on the other hand this effort also intends to provide useful, applied tools for policy analysts and the 'policy community' alike. Though quite a variety of methods and techniques are touched upon in this volume, its focus is mainly laid on two recently developed research methods\/techniques which enable researchers to systematically compare a limited number of cases; Qualitative Comparative Analysis(QCA) and Fuzzy-Sets (FS).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45274032046231,"sku":"9780387288284","price":11017.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780387288284.webp?v=1769238510","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/innovative-comparative-methods-for-policy-analysis-beyond-the-quantitative-qualitative-divide-9780387288284","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}