Rethinking Social Inquiry: Diverse Tools, Shared Standards

Abstract

Introduction to the Second Edition: A Sea Change in Political Methodology Part I: A Debate on Methodology A. Framing the Debate 1. Refocusing the Discussion of Methodology 2. The Quest for Standards: King, Keohane, and Verba's Designing Social Inquiry B. Critiques of the Quantitative Template 3. Doing Good and Doing Better: How Far Does the Quantitative Template Get Us? 4. Some Unfulfilled Promises of Quantitative Imperialism 5. How Inference in the Social (but Not the Physical) Sciences Neglects Theoretical Anomaly C. Linking the Quantitative and Qualitative Traditions 6. Bridging the Quantitative-Qualitative Divide 7. The Importance of Research Design D. Diverse Tools, Shared Standards 8. Critiques, Responses, and Trade-Offs: Drawing Together the Debate 9. Sources of Leverage in Causal Inference: Toward an Alternative View of Methodology Part II. Causal Inference: Old Dilemmas, New Tools Introduction to Part II E. Qualitative Tools for Causal Inference 10. Process Tracing and Causal Inference 11. On Types of Scientific Inquiry: The Role of Qualitative Reasoning 12. Data-Set Observations versus Causal-Process Observations: The 2000 U.S. Presidential Election Addendum: Teaching Process Tracing F. Quantitative Tools for Causal Inference 13. Regression-Based Inference: A Case Study in Failed Causal Assessment 14. Design-Based Inference: Beyond the Pitfalls of Regression Analysis? Glossary Bibliography