Rethinking Comparison: Innovative Methods for Qualitative Political Inquiry PDF
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RethinkingComparison Qualitativecomparativemethods–andspecificallycontrolledqualita- tivecomparisons–arecentraltothestudyofpolitics.Theyarenotthe only kind of comparison, though, that can help us better understand political processesandoutcomes. Yettherearefew guidesforhow to conduct non-controlled comparative research. This volume brings together chapters from more than a dozen leading methods scholars from across the discipline of political science, including positivist and interpretivist scholars, qualitative methodologists, mixed-methods researchers, ethnographers, historians, and statisticians. Their work revolutionizesqualitativeresearchdesignbydiversifyingtherepertoire of comparative methods available to students of politics, offering readersclearsuggestionsforwhatkindsofcomparisonsmightbepos- sible,whytheyareuseful,andhowtoexecutethem.Bysystematically thinking through how we engage in qualitative comparisons and the kinds of insights those comparisons produce, these collected essays createnewpossibilitiestoadvancewhatweknowaboutpolitics. Erica S. Simmons is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies and holds the Department of Political Science BoardofVisitorsProfessorshipattheUniversityofWisconsin–Madison. Nicholas Rush Smith is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the City University of New York–City College and Senior Research Associate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Johannesburg. Rethinking Comparison Innovative Methods for Qualitative Political Inquiry Edited by ERICA S. SIMMONS UniversityofWisconsin–Madison NICHOLAS RUSH SMITH CityUniversityofNewYork–CityCollege UniversityPrintingHouse,Cambridgecb28bs,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,ny10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,vic3207,Australia 314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre, NewDelhi–110025,India 103PenangRoad,#05–06/07,VisioncrestCommercial,Singapore238467 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781108832793 doi:10.1017/9781108966009 ©CambridgeUniversityPress2021 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2021 AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. isbn978-1-108-83279-3Hardback isbn978-1-108-96574-3Paperback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. WededicatethisvolumetothememoryofLeeAnnFujiiandKendra Koivu,bothofwhomwerecommittedtohelpingusrethinkhowwesee theworld. Contents ListofFigures pageix ListofTables x ListofContributors xi Acknowledgments xv 1 RethinkingComparison:AnIntroduction 1 EricaS.SimmonsandNicholasRushSmith part i rethinking the building blocks of comparison 29 2 BeyondMill:WhyCross-CaseQualitativeCausalInference IsWeak,andWhyWeShouldStillCompare 31 JasonSeawright 3 TwoWaystoCompare 47 FredericCharlesSchaffer 4 UnboundComparison 64 NickCheesman 5 OnCasingaStudyversusStudyingaCase 84 JoeSoss 6 FromCasestoSites:StudyingGlobalProcessesinComparative Politics 107 TheaRiofrancos part ii developing new approaches to comparison through research 127 7 ComparingComplexCasesUsingArchivalResearch 129 JonathanObert vii viii Contents 8 ComposingComparisons:StudyingConfigurationsofRelations inSocialNetworkResearch 152 SarahE.Parkinson 9 AgainstMethodologicalNationalism:SeeingComparisonsas EncompassingthroughtheArabUprisings 172 JillianSchwedler 10 ComparativeAnalysisforTheoryDevelopment 190 MalaHtunandFrancescaR.Jensenius 11 ProblemsandPossibilitiesofComparisonacrossRegime Types:ExamplesInvolvingChina 208 BenjaminL.Read 12 ComparisonswithanEthnographicSensibility:StudiesofProtest andVigilantism 231 EricaS.SimmonsandNicholasRushSmith epilogue 251 13 TheoryandImaginationinComparativePolitics:AnInterview withLisaWedeen 253 EricaS.SimmonsandNicholasRushSmithwithLisaWedeen Index 275 Figures 7.1 DiffusionofviolenceinChicagoRaceRiot (July26–29,1919) page143 8.1 MilitantA’segocentricsocialnetworkperspective 165 ix Tables 7.1 Methodologicalchoiceandcomplexcomparisons page138 7.2 RaciallymotivatedviolenceintheUnitedStates(1919) 145 x
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