Arizona State University Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research, January 2 -12, 2008
Books for Purchase
Gary King, Robert Keohane, Sidney Verba, Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research (Princeton, 1994)
Henry Brady and David Collier, Editors, Rethinking Social Inquiry: Diverse Tools, Shared Standards (Rowman and Littlefield, 2004)
Charles Ragin, Fuzzy Set Social Science (University of Chicago, 2000)
Alexander George and Andrew Bennett, Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences (The MIT Press, 2005)
Gary Goertz, Social Science Concepts: A User's Guide (Princeton University Press, 2006)
John Gerring, Case Study Research: Principles and Practices (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
Audie Klotz and Cecilia Lynch, Strategies for Research in Constructivist International Relations (Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe).
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 2
9:00-10:15 Introduction. Colin Elman and Diana Kapiszewski
David Collier and Colin Elman, Qualitative and Multi-Method Research: Organizations, Publication, and Reflections on Integration. Forthcoming, The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology.
10:15-10:45 Coffee Break
DESIGNING AND CONDUCTING FIELD WORK: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE
Diana Kapiszewski and Sara Watson
The first three sessions of the Institute focus broadly on the planning and execution of research, with particular emphasis on conducting field work.
10:45-12:15 Diana Kapiszewski and Sara Watson, Module I: Research Design and Fieldwork
David Collier. Data, Field Work and Extracting New Ideas at Close Range. APSA – CP Newsletter, Winter 1999, p. 1-6.
Christopher B. Barrett and Jeffrey W. Cason. Overseas Research: A Practical Guide. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. Chapter 2: “Identifying a Site and Funding Source” and Chapter 3: “Predeparture Preparations”
Recommended:
Sheila Carapico, Janine A. Clark, Amaney Jamal, David Romano, Jilian Schwedler, and Mark Tessler. The Methodologies of Field Research in the Middle East. PS: Political Science and Politics. Volume XXXIX, No. 3, July 2006.
David Laitin. Hegemony and Culture: Politics and Religious Change among the Yoruba. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 1986, appendix, p. 185-205.
Elisabeth Wood. Field Methods. In Charles Boix and Susan Stokes (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics. 2007.
12:15-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:30 Diana Kapiszewski and Sara Watson: Module II: Interacting in the Field
Christopher B. Barrett and Jeffrey W. Cason. “The Logistics of Fieldwork,” chapter 5 in Overseas Research: A Practical Guide. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
Joel Aberbach, James D. Chesney and Bert Rockman. 1975. Exploring Elite Political Attitudes: Some Methodological Lessons. Political Methodology 2:1-27.
Oisín Tansey. Process Tracing and Elite Interviewing: A Case for Non-Probability Sampling. PS: Political Science and Politics, Vol.40, No.4, October 2007.
Recommended:
Christopher B. Barrett and Jeffrey W. Cason. “The Challenges of the Field,” chapter 6 in Overseas Research: A Practical Guide. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
Ben Read, Lauren Morris MacLean, and Melani Cammett, Symposium: Field Research: How Rich? How Thick? How Participatory? Qualitative Methods (Fall 2006) 4(2) 9-18.
Suggested Further Reading:
S. Sudman and N.M. Bradburn, Asking Questions: A Practical Guide to Questionnaire Design. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1982.
Gubrium and Holstein (eds.) The Handbook of Interview Research. Thousands Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2002.
● Teresa Odendahl and Aileen M. Shaw, “Interviewing Elites,” p. 299-316.
● Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler. “The Reluctant Respondent.” p. 515-35.
Paul Rabinow. “Entering.” And “Respectable Information.” In Reflections on Fieldwork in Morocco. Berkeley: UCPress, 1977, p. 70-124.
3:30-4:00 Coffee Break
4:00-5:30 Diana Kapiszewski and Sara Watson, Module III: Obtaining, Managing, and Analyzing Data
Robert Emerson, Rachel Fretz and Linda Shaw. “Processing Fieldnotes: Coding and Memoing.” In Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995, p. 142-168.
Christopher Barrett and Jeffrey W. Cason. “Knowing when to go Home,” chapter 7 in Overseas Research: A Practical Guide. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
Recommended:
Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie and Charles Teddlie. 2003. “A Framework for Analyzing Data in Mixed Methods Research.” Chapter 13 in Abbas Tashakkori and Charles Teddlie, eds., Handbook of Mixed Methods in Social & Behavioral Research. London: Sage Publications.
Evan Lieberman, Marc Howard and Julia Lynch, in Symposium: Field Research. Qualitative Methods (Spring 2004): 9-18.
Suggested Further Reading:
Gubrium and Holstein (eds.) The Handbook of Interview Research. Thousands Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2002.
● Blake D. Poland. “Transcription Quality,” pp. 629-649.
● Clive F. Seale. “Computer-Assisted Analysis of Qualitative Interview Data,” pp. 651-670.
Michael Quinn Patton. 1990 and 2001. Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods. Sage.
Harry F. Wolcott. 1994. Transforming Qualitative Data. Sage.
THURSDAY JANUARY 3
STANDARDS FOR INFERENCE
8:30-10:15 Gary Goertz and James Mahoney: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
James Mahoney and Gary Goertz, A Tale of Two Cultures: Contrasting Quantitative and Qualitative Research, Political Analysis 14:3 (Summer 2006): 227-249.
Andrew Bennett and Colin Elman, Qualitative Research: Recent Developments in Case Study Methods, Annual Review of Political Science 2006, pp. 459-460.
Henry E. Brady and David Collier, Rethinking Social Inquiry, Chapters 1, 13, Appendix.
Barbara Geddes, Paradigms and Sand Castles: Theory Building and Research Design in Comparative Politics, chapter 3. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2003.
Further Background Reading for both morning sessions:
Rethinking Social Inquiry, Chapters 3, 4, and Glossary.
10:15-10: 45: Coffee Break
10:45-12:30 Henry Brady, Gary Goertz and James Mahoney. Causal Inference: Ongoing Debates.
Nathaniel Beck, Is Causal-Process Observation an Oxymoron? Political Analysis 14, No. 3 (2006): 347-352.
Henry Brady, David Collier, and Jason Seawright, Toward a Pluralistic Vision of Methodology Political Analysis 14, No. 3 (2006): 353-368.
Nathaniel Beck, “Causal Process “Observation”: Oxymoron or Old Wine.” Department of Political Science, New York University, November 2006.
David Collier, Henry E. Brady, and Jason Seawright, “Sources of Leverage in Causal Inference.” Departments of Political Science, UC Berkeley and Northwestern Universities, August 2007.
3:45-4:15: Coffee Break
4:15-5:45 Henry Brady. Using Simple Formal Models to Select and Understand Cases: The Collapse of the Soviet Union
Henry E. Brady, Using a Simple Model of Decision-Making to Select and Understand Cases, Manuscript, December 30, 2007.
FRIDAY JANUARY 4
8:30-10:15 Gary Goertz: Concepts
Gary Goertz, Social Science Concepts: A User's Guide (Princeton University Press, 2006), chapters 1, 2 and 3.
10:15-10: 45 Coffee Break
10:45-12:30 Research Design Discussion Groups
12:30 – 2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:30 Jim Mahoney: Logic of Explanation in Case-Study Research
James Mahoney, Erin Kimball, and Kendra Koivu, The Causal Logic of Historical Explanation, manuscript, Northwestern University.
3:30-4: 00: Coffee Break
4:00-5:45 John Gerring, “What is a Good Research Design? A General Framework”
Gerring, John. 2009. "Research Design: A Comprehensive Framework." To be published as chapter eight of Social Science Methodology: A Criterial Framework, 2d ed. (Cambridge University Press).
Recommended:
Shadish, William R.; Thomas D. Cook; Donald T. Campbell. 2002. Experimental and Quasi-experimental Designs for Generalized Causal Inference. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
SATURDAY JANUARY 5
8:30-10:15 Fred Chernoff: Neopositivism
Fred Chernoff, The Power of International Theory (London: Routledge 2005): Chapter 5.
Pierre Duhem, The Aim and Structure of Physical Theory (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1954): Chapters 5-6.
Recommended:
Bernstein, Lebow, Stein and Weber, God Gave Physics the Easy Problems, European Journal of International Relations V. 6, (2000): 43-76.
Fred Chernoff, The Study of Democratic Peace and Progress in International Relations, International Studies Review v.6 (2004): 49-77.
10:15-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-12:30 Research Design Discussion Groups
12:30-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:30 Cecelia Lynch: Interpretivism, Constructivism, and Related Approaches
Audie Klotz and Cecelia Lynch, Strategies for Research in Constructivist International Relations (Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe).
Recommended:
Dvora Yanow, “Thinking Interpretively: Philosophical Presuppositions and the Human Sciences,” and Peregrine Schwartz-Shea, “Evaluative Criteria and Epistemic Communities,” in Yanow and Schwartz-Shea, Interpretation and Method, 5-26 and 89-113 (Sharpe 2006).
Keith Jacobs, Discourse Analysis and its Utility for Urban Policy Research. Urban Policy and Research (March 2006) 24(1): 39-52.
3:30-4: 00 Coffee Break
4:00-5:45 Gary Goertz: Two-Level Theories
Gary Goertz, Social Science Concepts: A User's Guide (Princeton University Press, 2006), chapter 9.
Barbara Geddes, Paradigms and Sand Castles: Theory Building and Research Design in Comparative Politics, chapter 3. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2003. [Also assigned by Mahoney and Goertz 5 January.]
[TWO DAY BREAK - NO CLASSES SCHEDULED ON SUNDAY OR MONDAY - ATTENDEES ARE FREE TO MAKE THEIR OWN ARRANGEMENTS.]
TUESDAY JANUARY 8
8:30-10:15 Rose McDermott: Experiments
John Gerring and Rose McDermott, Experiments and Observations: Towards a Unified Framework of Research Design. American Journal of Political Science (2007) 51(3): 688-701.
Daniel Posner, The Political Salience of Cultural Difference: Why Chewas and Tumbukas Are Allies in Zambia and Adversaries in Malawi. American Political Science Review (2004) 98(4):529–45.
Recommended:
Leonard Wantchekon, Clientelism and Voting Behavior: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Benin. World Politics 55 (April 2003): 399–422.
Rose McDermott, Experimental Methods in Political Science. Annual Review of Political Science V. Palo Alto, CA: Annual Reviews, 2002.
Rose McDermott. Experimental Methodology in Political Science. Political Analysis 10(4): 325-42.
10:15-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-12:30 Research Design Discussion Groups
12:30-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:30 Brian Humes: Writing Grant Proposals
Adam Przeworski, and Frank Salomon. On the Art of Writing Proposals: Some Candid Suggestions for Applicants to Social Science Research Council Competitions. New York: Social Science Research Council, 1998.
Barry Weingast. Structuring Your Papers (Caltech Rules). Stanford University, April 1995.
3:30-4: 00 Coffee Break
4:00-5:45 Breakouts
(A) Jay Seawright and Thad Dunning: Qualitative Methods and Statistical Theory I of II: Regression Analysis and Qualitative Methods
John Gerring and Jason Seawright. “Techniques for Choosing Cases.” Chapter 5 of John Gerring, Case Study Research: Principles and Practices. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Thad Dunning, Forthcoming. Model Specification in Instrumental-Variables Regression. Political Analysis.
Recommended:
Joshua D. Angrist and Alan B. Krueger, Instrumental variables and the Search for Identification: From Supply and Demand to Natural Experiments. Journal of Economic Perspectives 2001, 19: 2--16.
Richard A. Berk, Regression Analysis: A Constructive Critique. Sage Publications, 2003.
David A. Freedman, Statistical Models: Theory and Practice. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Mark R. Rosenzweig and Kenneth I. Wolpin. Natural `Natural Experiments' in Economics. Journal of Economic Literature 2000 Vol. 38 (4): 827-874.
(B) John Gerring, Single Outcome Research
John Gerring, Case Study Research: Principles and Practices (Cambridge University Press, 2007), epilogue.
Recommended:
James Mahoney, Erin Kimball, and Kendra Koivu, The Causal Logic of Historical Explanation, manuscript, Northwestern University [also assigned by Mahoney, Friday 4 January.]
(C) Taylor Boas: Archiving and accessing qualitative data
Louise Corti, Re-using archived qualitative data--where, how, why? Archival Science (2007) 7: 37-54.
Ann G. Green and Myron P. Gutmann. 2007. “Building Partnerships Among Social Science Researchers, Institution based Repositories and Domain Specific Data Archives.” OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives (2007) 23: 35-53.
Lynda Lee Kaid, Kathleen J.M. Haynes, and Charles E. Rand. “Preservation and Access to the Archival Collections of the Political Communication Center, University of Oklahoma.” Statement Submitted for the Study of the Current State of American Television and Video Preservation, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., March 1996.
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 9
8:30-10:00 Evan Lieberman: Multi-method Research
Evan Lieberman, Nested Analysis as a Mixed-Method Strategy for Comparative Research. American Political Science Review (2005) 99 (3):435-52.
Recommended/Further reading (examples):
Lisa L. Martin, Coercive Cooperation: Explaining Multilateral Economic Sanctions. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1992.
Marc Morjé Howard and Philip G. Roessler. 2006. “Liberalizing Electoral Outcomes in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes.” American Journal of Political Science (2006) 50 (2):365-81.
Julia Lynch, Age in the Welfare State: The Origins of Social Spending on Pensioners, Workers, and Children. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Evan S. Lieberman, Race and Regionalism in the Politics of Taxation in Brazil and South Africa. Cambridge, UK ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
10:15-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-12:30 John Gerring: Case Studies
John Gerring, Case Study Research: Principles and Practices (Cambridge University Press, 2007), chapters 2-5.
Recommended:
Alexander George and Andrew Bennett, Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences (The MIT Press, 2005)
12:30-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:45 Research Design Discussion Groups
3:45-4: 15 Coffee Break
4:15-5:45 Breakouts
(A) Thad Dunning: Natural Experiments
Thad Dunning, Forthcoming. Improving Causal Inference: Strengths and Limitations of Natural Experiments. Political Research Quarterly.
Recommended:
Joshua D. Angrist and Alan B. Krueger, Instrumental variables and the Search for Identification: From Supply and Demand to Natural Experiments. Journal of Economic Perspectives 200119: 2--16. [Also assigned by Seawright and Dunning Tuesday 8 January]
Daniel Posner, The Political Salience of Cultural Difference: Why Chewas and Tumbukas are Allies in Zambia and Adversaries in Malawi. American Political Science Review, 2004 98 (4): 529-545. [Also assigned by McDermott Tuesday 8 January]
Mark R. Rosenzweig and Kenneth I. Wolpin. Natural `Natural Experiments' in Economics. Journal of Economic Literature 200038 (4): 827-874. [Also assigned by Seawright and Dunning Tuesday 8 January]
(B) Edward Mansfield: Democratization and War
Edward D. Mansfield and Jack Snyder. Electing to Fight: Why Emerging Democracies go to War.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2005
Chapter 1: The Perilous Path to the Democratic Peace.
Chapter 5: Democratization and War: Statistical Findings.
Chapter 7: Democratizing Initiators of War: Tracing Causal Processes.
Recommended:
Edward D. Mansfield and Jack Snyder. Electing to Fight: Why Emerging Democracies go to War.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2005,
Chapter 4: Data and Measures for Testing the Argument.
Chapter 8: Tracing Trajectories of Democratization and War in the 1990s.
(C) Kristen Monroe: Narrative Interviews and the Qualitative/Quantitative Dichotomy
Kristen Monroe, editor, Perestroika!: The Raucous Rebellion in Political Science. New Haven : Yale University Press, 2005, toc and introduction.
Kristen Monroe, The Hand Of Compassion: Portraits Of Moral Choice During The Holocaust. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, preface, chapter 4 (Irene) and Appendix (Narratives as Windows on the Minds of Others).
THURSDAY JANUARY 10
8:30-10:15 Jim Goldgeier: Historiography and Archival Research
Marc Trachtenberg, Chapter 5: Working with Documents in Marc Trachtenberg, The Craft of International History: A Guide to Method. Princeton, 2006.
Cameron Thies, “A Pragmatic Guide to Qualitative Historical Analysis in the Study of International Relations,” International Studies Perspectives 3(4) (November) 351-372.
Ian Lustick, “History, Historiography, and Political Science: Multiple Historical Records and the Problem of Selection Bias,” American Political Science Review (September 1996) :605-618.
Please visit the websites for the Presidential Recordings Project at the University of Virginia's Miller Center (www. whitehousetapes.org) and for the National Security Archive (www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv). On the Archive site, please read the section on FOIA requests.
Recommended:
Marc Trachtenberg, Appendix II: Working with Primary Sources in Trachtenberg, The Craft of International History.
William Wohlforth, “Reality Check: Revising Theories of International Politics in Response to the End of the Cold War,” World Politics 50(4) (July 1998): 650-680.
Hope Harrison, “Inside the SED Archives: A Researcher's Diary,” CWIHP bulletin.
10:15-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-12:30 Research Design Discussion Groups
12:30-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:45 Lisa Wedeen: Conceptualizing Culture in Political Science
Lisa Wedeen, Ambiguities of Domination: Politics, Rhetoric, and Symbols in Contemporary Syria (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1999), chapter 1, chapter 3, and chapter 4.
Lisa Wedeen, Peripheral Visions: Politics, Power, and Performance in Yemen (Chicago: University of Chicago Press) chapters 2 and 3.
William H. Sewell, “The Concept(s) of Culture.” In Victoria Bonnell and Lynn Hunt, Eds., Beyond the Cultural Turn: New Directions in the Study of Society and Culture (University of California, 1999).
Recommended:
Lisa Wedeen, Ambiguities of Domination: Politics, Rhetoric, and Symbols in Contemporary Syria (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1999), chapter 2, and chapter 5.
3:45-4: 15 Coffee Break
4:00-5:30 Breakouts
(A) Jay Seawright and Thad Dunning: Qualitative Methods and Statistical Theory II of II Potential Outcomes, Matching, and Causal Inference
Thad Dunning, Forthcoming. Improving Causal Inference: Strengths and Limitations of Natural Experiments. Political Research Quarterly. [Also assigned by Dunning Wednesday 9 January]
Jasjeet S. Sekhon, The Neyman-Rubin Model of Causal Inference and Estimation via Matching Methods. Forthcoming, The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology.
Recommended:
Abadie, Alberto, Alexis Diamond, and Jens Hainmueller. 2007. Synthetic Control Methods for Comparative Case Studies: Estimating the Effect of California's Tobacco Control Program. Manuscript, John F. Kennedy School of Government and Department of Government, Harvard University.
Alberto Abadie and Javier Gardeazabal. 2003. The Economic Costs of Conflict: A Case Study of the Basque Country. American Economic Review 93 (1):113-132.
(B) Lynn Eden: Whole World on Fire: Can a social constructivist take a stand?
Lynn Eden, Whole World on Fire (Cornell University Press, 2005): introduction, chapter two and conclusion.
Recommended:
Whole World on Fire, chapter one.
Commentaries by Renee Anspach, Thomas Hughes, and Hugh Gusterson, and response by Lynn Eden, in Social Studies of Science 36(4) August 2006: 628-656.
(C) Carolyn Warner: Investigating Political Corruption – Analyzing Things People Would Rather Not Talk About
Carolyn M. Warner, The Best System Money Can Buy: Corruption in the European Union. Cornell University Press, 2007. Chapter 3 "Corruption is Our Friend" and chapter 6 "The Corruption of Campaign and Party Financing."
Recommended:
The Best System Money Can Buy, chapter 1 "Corruption Dynamics in the European Union" and Appendix 1 "Key Dead Men.".
FRIDAY JANUARY 11
8:45-10:15 Colin Elman: Process Tracing
Alexander George and Andrew Bennett, Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences (The MIT Press, 2005), chapters 9 and 10.
Van Evera, Guide to Methods for Students of Political Science (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press): 49-88.
Colin Elman, Extending Offensive Realism: The Louisiana Purchase and America’s Rise to Regional Hegemony, American Political Science Review (November 2004) 98 (4): 563-576.
Recommended: Colin Elman, Explanatory Typologies and Property Space in Qualitative Studies of International Politics, International Organization (Spring 2005) 59(2): 293-326.
Andrew Bennett and Alexander George, Case Study Methods in History and Political Science: Similar Strokes for Different Foci. In Colin Elman and Miriam Fendius Elman, ed., Bridges and Boundaries: Historians, Political Scientists, and the Study of International Relations (Cambridge, MA.: MIT Press, 2001).
James Mahoney, Nominal, Ordinal, and Narrative Appraisal in Macro-causal Analysis, American Journal of Sociology (Jan 1999) 104(9): 1154-1196.
Andrew Bennett, Process Tracing: A Bayesian Perspective, forthcoming in the Oxford Handbook for Political Methodology.
10:15-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-12:15 Charles Ragin: Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy Set Social Science
Charles Ragin, Fuzzy Set Social Science (University of Chicago, 2000), chapters 1-5.
Charles Ragin, Redesigning Social Inquiry (University of Chicago, 2008), chapters 2, 7-9
Recommended:
Charles Ragin, Redesigning Social Inquiry (University of Chicago, 2008), chapters 1, 3, 10
12:30-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:30 Breakouts
(A) Lisa Wedeen Interpreting Visual and Symbolic Data
Michael Foucault, We “Other Victorians,” in The History of Sexuality Volume 1: An Introduction. Translation by Robert Hurley. New York: Vintage Books.
Hanna Fenichel Pitkin, Justice: Socrates and Thrasymachus, chapter 8 in Wittgenstein and Justice: On the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein for Social and Political Thought. Berkeley: University of California Press, 169-192.
Roland Barthes, Myth Today, in Mythologies. Reprinted in A Barthes Reader. S. Sontag (ed.) New York: Hill and Wang, 93-149.
Roland Barthes, The World of Wrestling, Soap-powders and Detergents, and, Operation Margarine, in Mythologies. London, Jonathan Cape, 15-25, 36-38 and 41-42.
(B) Stuart Shulman, Software for Qualitative Data Analysis
Chapter 3 Why Use Computers in Qualitative Research, in Nigel G. Fielding and Raymond Lee, Computer Analysis in Qualitative Research, Sage (1998), 56-85
Graham R. Gibbs, Susanne Friese, and Wilma C. Mangabeira, The Use of New technology in Qualitative Research. Forum for Qualitative Social Research 3(2).
Nahid Golafshani, Understanding Reliability and Validity in Qualitative Research. The Qualitative Report 8(4) (December 2003): 597-607.
Recommended:
Ann Lewins and Christina Silver, Choosing a CAQDAS Package. Forthcoming in Ann Lewins and Christina Silver, Using Software for Qualitative Data Analysis: A Step-by-Step Guide," Sage Publication (5th edition of working paper, July 2006).
(C) Leonardo R. Arriola: Working on the Dissertation: Using Multi-Methods in Writing and Revising
David Laitin. 1986. Appendix: Research Methodology. Hegemony and Culture: Politics and Religious Change among the Yoruba. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. [Also assigned by Kapiszewski and Watson, January 2]
Richard Snyder. 2007. The Human Dimension of Comparative Research. In Gerardo L. Munck and Richard Snyder, eds., Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Politics. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press.
Jason Wittenberg. 2007. Peril and Promise: Multi-Method Research in Practice. Qualitative Methods (Spring).
3:30-4: 00 Coffee Break
4:00-5:30 Charles Ragin: Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy Set Social Science, Part II
Charles Ragin, Redesigning Social Inquiry (University of Chicago, 2008), chapters 1, 4-6, 11
Recommended:
Charles Ragin, Fuzzy Set Social Science (University of Chicago 2000) chapter 8, 11
SATURDAY JANUARY 12
8:45-10:15 Dan Treisman/APSR editorial team member(s): Publishing Journal Articles
Charles M. Bonjean and Jan Hullum. Reasons for Journal Rejection: An Analysis of 600 Manuscripts. PS 11 (Autumn 1978): 480-483.
Gregory Weeks. Facing Failure: The Use (and Abuse) of Rejection in Political Science. PS 39 (October 2006): 879-882.
Raymond E. Wolfinger. Tips for Writing Papers. PS 26 (March 1993):87-88.
Dina A. Zinnes. Reflections of a Past Editor. PS 18 (Summer 1985):607-612.
10:15-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-12:15 Conclusion
Afternoon Departures