روش های تحقیق و کاربردی در تحلیل تطبیقی سیاست

عنوان فارسی:    روش های تحقیق و کاربردی در تحلیل تطبیقی سیاست

عنوان انگلیسی:    Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Comparative Policy Analysis

This timely Handbook offers a wide-ranging examination of contemporary comparative policy analysis (CPA), advancing the understanding of methodology in the study of comparative public policies, and broadening the array of methods and techniques deployed by scholars in the field.  Internationally acclaimed contributors overcome the current concentration on quantitative techniques, engaging with a more conscious and comprehensive selection of methods to improve the quality of CPA. Providing an overview of the major theoretical issues currently under discussion in CPA and the methodological shift in social sciences, this Handbook argues for the utilization of a range of alternative approaches to maximize the utility of the research.Far-reaching and comprehensive, this Handbook offers an insightful overview of methods for researchers of CPA looking to broaden their methodological repertoire. It will also be useful for students of public policy and the social sciences in need of a guide to contemporary research methods and applications.

1 Introduction to the Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Comparative Policy Analysis

PART I: THE METHODOLOGICAL DEBATE
2 The comparative method and comparative policy analysis
3 The most-similar and most-different systems design in comparative policy analysis
4 Can a case study test a theory? Types and tokens in comparative policy analysis

PART II: THEORETICAL CHALLENGES
5 Comparing policy processes: insights and lessons from the Advocacy Coalition Framework research program
6 Comparing agenda-settings: the Comparative Agendas Project
7 Comparing historical cases: advances in comparative historical research
8 Comparing international policy transfers

PART III: MEASUREMENT AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
9 Using experiments in comparative policy analysis: from policy evaluation to the policy process
10 Measuring change in comparative policy analysis: concepts and empirical approaches
11 Using indexes in comparative policy analysis: global comparisons
12 Using text-as-data methods in comparative policy analysis

PART IV MIXED METHODS AND MULTI-METHODS
13 Critical multiplism for comparative policy analysis
14 Causal case studies for comparative policy analysis
15 Qualitative Comparative Analysis for comparative policy analysis
16 Process tracing for comparative policy analysis: a realist approach

PART V: QUALITATIVE TECHNIQUES
17 Using focus groups in comparative policy analysis
18 Using ethnography in comparative policy analysis: premises, promises and perils
19 Using Q methodology in comparative policy analysis
20 Using the Narrative Policy Framework in comparative policy analysis

PART VI: ISSUES FOR FURTHER RESEARCH
21 Trends in the development of comparative policy analysis
22 Evolutionary theory in comparative policy analysis