Rethinking Social Inquiry .................17811$ $$FM 06-28-1014:26:41 PS PAGEi .................17811$ $$FM 06-28-1014:26:41 PS PAGEii Rethinking Social Inquiry Diverse Tools, Shared Standards Second Edition Edited by Henry E. Brady and David Collier ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Lanham•Boulder•NewYork•Toronto•Plymouth,UK .................17811$ $$FM 06-28-1014:26:42 PS PAGEiii PublishedbyRowman&LittlefieldPublishers,Inc. AwhollyownedsubsidiaryofTheRowman&LittlefieldPublishingGroup,Inc. 4501ForbesBoulevard,Suite200,Lanham,Maryland20706 http://www.rowmanlittlefield.com EstoverRoad,PlymouthPL67PY,UnitedKingdom Copyright(cid:2)2010byRowman&LittlefieldPublishers,Inc. Chapters6–9fromthepreviouseditionareavailableasdownloadablefilesfrom theRowman&Littlefieldwebsite.Formoreinformationaboutthesechaptersand toobtaintherequiredusernameandpasswordvisithttp://www.rowmanlittlefield .com/RL/books/RSI2e/[email protected]. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformorbyany electronicormechanicalmeans,includinginformationstorageandretrieval systems,withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher,exceptbyareviewerwho mayquotepassagesinareview. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationInformationAvailable LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Rethinkingsocialinquiry:diversetools,sharedstandards/editedbyHenryE. BradyandDavidCollier.—2nded. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-1-4422-0343-3(cloth:alk.paper) ISBN978-1-4422-0344-0(pbk.:alk.paper) 1.Socialsciences—Research. 2.Socialsciences—Methodology. I.Brady, HenryE. II.Collier,David. H62.R46462010 300.72—dc22 2010022477 (cid:3)(cid:2)(cid:4) Thepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirementsof AmericanNationalStandardforInformationSciences—PermanenceofPaper forPrintedLibraryMaterials,ANSI/NISOZ39.48-1992. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica .................17811$ $$FM 06-28-1014:26:42 PS PAGEiv To the memory of David A. Freedman Brilliant statistician, Guardian against precarious statistical models, Champion of joining quantitative and qualitative analysis, Friend of remarkable wit and generosity And indeed, social science methodology is now catching up with him .................17811$ $$FM 06-28-1014:26:42 PS PAGEv .................17811$ $$FM 06-28-1014:26:43 PS PAGEvi Contents ListofFiguresandTables xi PrefacetotheSecondEdition xiii PrefacetotheFirstEdition xv IntroductiontotheSecondEdition:ASeaChangeinPolitical Methodology 1 DavidCollier,HenryE.Brady,andJasonSeawright PartI. ADebateonMethodology 11 A. FramingtheDebate 13 1. RefocusingtheDiscussionofMethodology 15 HenryE.Brad y,DavidCollier,andJasonSeawright 2. TheQuestforStandards:King,Keohane,andVerba’sDesigning SocialInquiry 33 DavidCollier,JasonSeawright,andGerardoL.Munck B.CritiquesoftheQuantitativeTemplate 65 3. DoingGoodandDoingBetter:HowFarDoestheQuantitative TemplateGetUs? 67 HenryE.Brady 4. SomeUnfulfilledPromisesofQuantitativeImperialism 83 LarryM.Bartels vii .................17811$ CNTS 06-28-1014:26:45 PS PAGEvii viii Contents 5. HowInferenceintheSocial(butNotthePhysical)Sciences NeglectsTheoreticalAnomaly 89 RonaldRogowski C. LinkingtheQuantitativeandQualitativeTraditions 99 6. BridgingtheQuantitative-QualitativeDivide 101 SidneyTarrow 7. TheImportanceofResearchDesign 111 GaryKing,RobertO.Keohane,andSidneyVerba D. DiverseTools,SharedStandards 123 8. Critiques,Responses,andTrade-Offs:DrawingTogether theDebate 135 DavidCollier,HenryE.Brady,andJasonSeawright 9. SourcesofLeverageinCausalInference:TowardanAlternative ViewofMethodology 161 DavidCollier,HenryE.Brady,andJasonSeawright PartII.CausalInference:OldDilemmas,NewTools 201 IntroductiontoPartII DavidCollier,HenryE.Brady,andJasonSeawright E. QualitativeToolsforCausalInference 205 10. ProcessTracingandCausalInference 207 AndrewBennett 11. OnTypesofScientificInquiry:TheRoleofQualitative Reasoning 221 DavidA.Freedman 12. Data-SetObservationsversusCausal-ProcessObservations: The2000U.S.PresidentialElection 237 HenryE.Brady Addendum:TeachingProcessTracing 243 DavidCollier F. QuantitativeToolsforCausalInference 245 13. Regression-BasedInference:ACaseStudyinFailedCausal Assessment 247 JasonSeawright .................17811$ CNTS 06-28-1014:26:45 PS PAGEviii Contents ix 14. Design-BasedInference:BeyondthePitfallsofRegression Analysis? 273 ThadDunning Glossary 313 JasonSeawrightandDavidCollier Bibliography 361 AcknowledgmentofPermissiontoReprintCopyrightedMaterial 387 SubjectIndex 389 NameIndex 397 AbouttheContributors 405 .................17811$ CNTS 06-28-1014:26:45 PS PAGEix