Process Tracing
Subtitle: From Metaphor to Analytic Tool
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781107044524
Subjects: Political science, methodology; Causation; Qualitative research; Social sciences, methodology
Description: "Advances in qualitative methods and recent developments in the philosophy of science have led to an emphasis on explanation via reference to causal mechanisms. This book argues that the method known as process tracing is particularly well suited to developing and assessing theories about such mechanisms.The editors begin by establishing a philosophical basis for process tracing - one that captures mainstream uses while simultaneously being open to applications by interpretive scholars"--