Careful work with concepts is a cornerstone of good social science methodology. This book, Concepts and Method in Social Science, demonstrates the crucial role of concepts, drawing on both the classic contributions of Giovanni Sartori and the writing of a younger generation of scholars. Part 1...

With innovative new chapters on process tracing, regression analysis, and natural experiments, the second edition of Rethinking Social Inquiry further extends the reach of this path-breaking book. The original debate with King, Keohane, and Verba remains central to the volume, and the new...

Spanish Abstract: Pese a que se ha entendido que el surgimiento de los regímenes autoritarios se relaciona con los problemas del desarrollo económico a partir del "modelo burocrático-autoritario", algunos elementos de este modelo han producido entre los estudiosos ciertas ideas para...

English Abstract: The “bureaucratic-authoritarian model” was one of the most important attempts to explain the emergence of authoritarian regimes in Latin America in the 1960s and 1970s, giving special attention to the connection between their emergence and problems of economic development....

The set-theoretic comparative method (STCM) — including very centrally Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) — has formulated valuable goals for comparative research. This symposium raises serious concerns about the specific analytic tools advocated for pursuing these important goals....

This symposium brings together ten essays that explore hypotheses about critical junctures, understood as major episodes of institutional innovation that generate an enduring legacy. Scholars routinely focus on episodes of innovation that occur in contrasting ways across cases, which in turn...