International Comparative Research Theory, Methods and Practice

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ISBN: 9780230217690 | 0230217699
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Copyright: 12/15/2008

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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.

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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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