Qualitative Methods panels at APSA 2004

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QUALITATIVE METHODS PANELS

APSA 2004

47-1 Alternative Pedagogies of Qualitative Research
Date:	Saturday, Sep 4, 4:15 PM

Chair:	Cecelia Lynch, clynch@uci.edu, University of California, Irvine
Author(s):	On Curricular Perestroika: Seven Principles of Methodological Pluralism Hayward R. Alker, alker@usc.edu, University of Southern California Pedagogies of Critical Social Theory Raymond D. Duvall, rduvall@polisci.umn.edu, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis In the Field: Qualitative Methods, Discipline and Practice David Sylvan, sylvan@hei.unige.ch, Graduate Institute of International Studies
Discussant(s):	Alexander Wendt, awendt@uchicago.edu, University of Chicago

47-2 Philosophies of Qualitative Sociopolitical Thought
Date:	Friday, Sep 3, 2:00 PM

Chair:	Janice Bially Mattern, jmattern@temple.edu, Lehigh University
Author(s):	Testing Sincerity:Henry Kissinger's Opening Encounter With the Chinese Leadership Gavan Duffy, gduffy@maxwell.syr.edu, Syracuse University Evelyn Goh, evelyn.goh@nuf.ox.ac.uk, Oxford University Political Theory versus The Fetishism of Method Michael J. Shapiro, shapiro@hawaii.edu, University of Hawaii Science, Politics and Swift Boats Patrick Thaddeus Jackson, ptjack@american.edu, American University
Discussant(s):	Janice Bially Mattern, jmattern@temple.edu, Lehigh University
Co-Discussant(s):	David Dessler, dadess@wm.edu, College of William & Mary

47-3 Uses of Language in Constructivist IR
Date:	Saturday, Sep 4, 8:00 AM

Chair:	Audie Klotz, aklotz@maxwell.syr.edu, Syracuse University
Participant(s):	Jeffrey T. Checkel, jeffrey.checkel@stv.uio.no, University of Oslo Patricia Goff, pgoff@wlu.ca, Wilfried Laurier University Matthew J. Hoffmann, mjhoff@udel.edu, University of Delaware Cecelia Lynch, clynch@uci.edu, University of California, Irvine Gavan Duffy, gduffy@maxwell.syr.edu, Syracuse University

47-4 Multi-Methods in Qualitative Research
Date:	Saturday, Sep 4, 10:15 AM

Chair:	Craig W. Thomas, cthomas@polsci.umass.edu, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Author(s):	Triangulation Reconsidered: The Hazards of Multi-Method Research Abhishek Chatterjee, ac7y@virginia.edu, University of Virginia Shamira M. Gelbman, shamira@virginia.edu, University of Virginia The Elusive Diversionary Theory of War: Using Qualitative Tests Across Cases and Researchers to Break the Impasse Jane Kellett Cramer, jkcramer@darkwing.uoregon.edu, University of Oregon A Combination of Methods and Process Tracing as the Next Step of Scientific Advance in Coalition Research Patrick Dumont, dumont@spri.ucl.ac.be, Université Catholique de Louvain Hanna Back, Hanna.Back@statsvet.uu.se, Uppsala University New Approaches to Causal Analysis in Policy Research Paul Steinberg, paul_steinberg@hmc.edu, Harvey Mudd College Discovering the Missing Link between Historical Institutionalism (HI) and Discourse Analysis (DA). Carla Valle, carla.valle@post.harvard.edu, Harvard University
Discussant(s):	Ted Hopf, hopf.2@osu.edu, Ohio State University

47-5 Theories, Concepts and Typologies
Date:	Saturday, Sep 4, 2:00 PM

Chair:	Bear F. Braumoeller, bbraumoeller@wcfia.harvard.edu, Harvard University
Author(s):	Framing Social Inquiry: From Models of Causation to Statistically Based Causal Inference Henry E. Brady, hbrady@csm.berkeley.edu, University of California, Berkeley Jason Seawright, seawrigh@socrates.berkeley.edu, University of California, Berkeley Framing Social Inquiry: From Concepts to Observations David Collier, dcollier@socrates.berkeley.edu, University of California, Berkeley Robert N. Adcock, adcockr@uclink4.berkeley.edu, University of California, Berkeley Methodological Assumptions of Alternative Comparative Methods Andrew Bennett, bennetta@georgetown.edu, Georgetown University Theoretical Typologies and Property Space in the Qualitative Study of International Politics Colin Elman, colin.elman@asu.edu, Arizona State University
Discussant(s):	Bear F. Braumoeller, bbraumoeller@wcfia.harvard.edu, Harvard University

47-6 Causal Explanations and Case Studies: World War I and the End of Cold War
Date:	Friday, Sep 3, 4:15 PM

Chair:	Gary Goertz, ggoertz@u.arizona.edu, University of Arizona
Participant(s):	Richard Ned Lebow, richard.ned.lebow@dartmouth.edu, Dartmouth College Stephen G. Brooks, stephen.brooks@dartmouth.edu, Dartmouth College William C. Wohlforth, william.wohlforth@dartmouth.edu, Dartmouth College Paul W. Schroeder, pschroed@uiuc.edu, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Robert D. English, renglish@usc.edu, Allegheny College James Mahoney, james_mahoney@brown.edu, Brown University

47-7 Mixed Methods in Post-Communist Research
Date:	Thursday, Sep 2, 4:15 PM
	Co-sponsored by 13-16

Chair:	Mitchell A. Orenstein, maorenst@maxwell.syr.edu, Syracuse University
Participant(s):	Keith A. Darden, keith.darden@yale.edu, Yale University Jason Wittenberg, University of Wisconsin Yoshiko M. Herrera, herrera@fas.harvard.edu, Harvard University Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, anna.busse@yale.edu, Yale University David D. Laitin, dlaitin@stanford.edu, Stanford University

47-8 Analyzing Necessary and Sufficient Causes: Applications and Issues
Date:	Friday, Sep 3, 10:15 AM

Chair:	David Collier, dcollier@socrates.berkeley.edu, University of California, Berkeley
Author(s):	Assessing the Importance of Necessary or Sufficient Conditions in Fuzzy-Set Social Science Gary Goertz, ggoertz@u.arizona.edu, University of Arizona Explaining the Great Reversal in Spanish America: Statistical Analysis vs. Fuzzy-Set Analysis Aaron Katz, Aaron_Katz@brown.edu, Brown University Matthias vom Hau, Matthias_vom_Hau@brown.edu, Brown University James Mahoney, james_mahoney@brown.edu, Brown University Qualitative Comparative Analysis vis-a-vis Regression: Comparing the Underlying Assumptions Jason Seawright, seawrigh@socrates.berkeley.edu, University of California, Berkeley A Boolean Approach to Party Preference. A Five-Country Study Gunnar Grendstad, gunnar.grendstad@isp.uib.no, University of Bergen
Discussant(s):	Jonathan N. Katz, jkatz@caltech.edu, California Institute of Technology
Co-Discussant(s):	David Collier, dcollier@socrates.berkeley.edu, University of California, Berkeley

47-9 QCA/fs: The State of the Art and Future Prospects
Date:	Sunday, Sep 5, 10:15 AM

Chair:	Benoit Rihoux, rihoux@spri.ucl.ac.be, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)
Author(s):	Aggregating Causality in Multiple-Level Theories: A Linguistic Fuzzy Logic Approach Badredine Arfi, barfi@siu.edu, Southern Illinois University Social Network Analysis and Qualitative Comparative Analysis: An Exploratory Study Sakura Yamasaki, yamasaki@spri.ucl.ac.be, Universite Catholique de Louvain The Fuzzy-Set/QCA Two-Step Approach to Middle-Range Theories Carsten Q. Schneider, carsten.schneider@iue.it, European University Institute Claudius Wagemann, claudius.wagemann@iue.it, European University Institute On the Use, Misuse, and Good Use of QCA: State of the Art and Prospects Benoit Rihoux, rihoux@spri.ucl.ac.be, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) Charles C. Ragin, cragin@email.arizona.edu, University of Arizona
Co-Discussant(s):	Andrew Bennett, bennetta@georgetown.edu, Georgetown University

47-10 The Analysis of Political Regimes
Date:	Friday, Sep 3, 8:00 AM

Chair:	Scott Mainwaring, smainwar@nd.edu, University of Notre Dame
Author(s):	Political Regimes in the Post-Cold War Era Gerardo L. Munck, munck@usc.edu, University of Southern California Richard Snyder, Richard_Snyder@brown.edu, Brown University The Dynamics of Competitive Authoritarianism: Explaining Hybrid Change in the Post-Cold War Era Steven Levitsky, levitsky@wcfia.harvard.edu, Harvard University Lucan A. Way, Temple University Classifying Political Regimes: An Extension and an Update Jose Antonio Cheibub, jose.cheibub@yale.edu, Yale University Jennifer Gandhi, jg229@nyu.edu, New York University Regional Effects and Region-wide Diffusion of Democracy: Why Regions of the World are Important in Comparative Politics Scott Mainwaring, smainwar@nd.edu, University of Notre Dame Anibal Pérez-Liñán, asp27@pitt.edu, University of Pittsburgh
Discussant(s):	Susan C. Stokes, s-stokes@uchicago.edu, University of Chicago

47-11 The State of the Field of American Politics: Views from American Political Development
Date:	Thursday, Sep 2, 2:00 PM

Chair:	Howard L. Reiter, howard.reiter@uconn.edu, University of Connecticut
Participant(s):	Paul Frymer, pfrymer@princeton.edu, University of California-San Diego Barry R. Weingast, weingast@stanford.edu, Stanford University Karen Orren, orren@ucla.edu, University of California, Los Angeles Paul Pierson, pierson@berkeley.edu, Harvard University

47-12 What Does it Mean To Do Interpretive Work? Evaluative Criteria and Other Issues
Date:	Thursday, Sep 2, 10:15 AM
	Co-sponsored with the Conference Group on Theory, Policy and Society, Panel 2

Chair:	Dvora Yanow, dyanow@csuhayward.edu, California State University, Hayward
Author(s):	Making New Sense of Data: Explicating the Interpretive Process Martha Feldman, University of California, Irvine Judging Quality: Evaluative Criteria for Interpretive Empirical Research Peregrine Schwartz-Shea, psshea@poli-sci.utah.edu, University of Utah Interpretation, Evaluation, and Critique Mark Bevir, mbevir@socrates.berkeley.edu, University of California, Berkeley How Do I Know What I'm Going to Find Before I Get into the Field? Hypotheses, Variables, Measurement and Other Philosophical Issues Dvora Yanow, dyanow@csuhayward.edu, California State University, Hayward
Discussant(s):	Tim Pachirat, timothy.pachirat@yale.edu,
Co-Discussant(s):	Kamal Sadiq, kamal@uci.edu, University of California,Irvine

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