Democratization and research methods

Democratization and research methods / Michael Coppedge.

Democratization and Research Methods summarizes what researchers know about why countries become and remain democracies, and why they often do not.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Coppedge, Michael, 1957-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Series:Strategies for social inquiry.
Subjects:
Democratization > Research > Methodology.
Comparative government > Research > Methodology.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
Demokratisierung
Forschungsmethode
Demokratieforschung
Methodologie
Vergleichende politische Wissenschaft
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Democratization and Research Methods; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; List of figures; Acknowledgments; 1: Research methods and democratization; Rationale; Overview; 2: Defining and measuring democracy; Operationalizing concepts; A trade-off between validity and extension; Measurement; Consequences for analysis; Data-driven research; Consequences of measurement error; Levels of measurement; Precision; Thickening thin concepts; Conclusion; 3: Criteria for evaluating causal theories; Three fundamental criteria for good theory; Generality; Integration; Thickness.
  • Multiple paths to theoryTheory in small-sample studies; Theory in large-sample comparisons; Formal theory; Toward theoretical perfection; 4: Checklists, frameworks, and Boolean analysis; Conventional wisdoms; Culture and leadership; Economy and society; The state and political institutions; International causes; What checklists tell us; Moving beyond checklists: Inductive theoretical frameworks; Linz: The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes; O'Donnell and Schmitter: Transitions from Authoritarian Rule; Linz and Stepan: Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation; Boolean analysis.
  • Appendix: Coding criteria and sources for checklist demonstration5: Case studies and comparative history; Histories and case studies; The nature of comparative histories; Evaluation of the comparative-historical approach; Appendix; 6: Formal models and theories; Integration; Positional models of liberalization; Positional models of transition and survival; Economic models of transition and survival; Evaluating formal theories and models; Thickness; Integration; Generality; Conclusion; 7: Rigor in extensive and intensive testing; Degrees and kinds of rigor.
  • Trade-offs between extensive and intensive testingToward testing that is extensive and intensive; Prospects; 8: Political culture and survey research; Versions of political culture; Macro-macro studies; A comprehensive framework; Political culture and mass-led regime change or consolidation; Support for democracy and democratic institutions; Other mass attitudes; Culture and behavior; Conclusion; 9: Quantitative testing; Assumptions of quantitative analysis; Measurement; Inference; Specification; Estimation; Tests with cross-sectional data.
  • The complications and advantages of time-series cross-sectional dataOther dependent variables; Other explanatory variables; Relatively fixed predictors; Stock variables; Dynamic variables; Conclusion; 10: An agenda for future research; Concepts and indicators; Case studies and comparative histories; Formal models and theories; Political culture; Quantitative testing; Prospects for democratization research; References; Index.

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