International Comparative Research Theory,

This book is designed as a teaching and reference tool for students and practitioners wanting to conduct effective and reliable cross-national comparisons. Adopting a topic-based approach, it draws on a wide range of small and large-scale studies in the social sciences and humanities in order to analyse and document the research process.

LINDA HANTRAIS is Professor of European Social Policy in the Department of Politics at Loughborough University. For many years she was Director of the European Research Centre at Loughborough University and in 2006 and 2007 she has been Visiting Fellow at the Centre for International Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is the author of Social Policy in the European Union (third edition).

List of figures	p. vii
Preface	p. viii
Defining and mapping international comparative research	p. 1
Defining international comparative research	p. 1
Mapping international comparative research	p. 12
Keeping international comparative research on the agenda	p. 21
Disciplinary approaches to comparative research in international settings	p. 22
Tracking disciplinary interest in comparative research	p. 23
Assessing disciplinary approaches to comparison	p. 43
Project design in international comparative research	p. 45
Rationales for project design	p. 46
Methods and methodological issues	p. 57
Assessing the impact of research design on findings	p. 69
Defining and analysing concepts and contexts	p. 72
Defining and measuring concepts	p. 73
Contextualization of concepts	p. 85
Context-bounded concepts	p. 94
Combining methods in international comparative research	p. 95
Reconciling epistemologies and methodologies	p. 96
Integrating methods in international comparisons	p. 108
The limits of multi-strategy research	p. 116
Research and policy in international settings	p. 118
Understanding the research-policy relationship	p. 119
Evidence-based and policy evaluation research	p. 125
International policy transfer and learning	p. 135
Enhancing synergy between research and policy	p. 140
Managing international comparative research	p. 142
Developing international research governance	p. 143
Funding international comparative research	p. 156
Assessing international comparative research	p. 167
References	p. 170
Index	p. 188
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International Comparative Research Theory, Methods and Practice

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