Studying Complex Interactions and Outcomes Through Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Studying Complex Interactions and Outcomes Through Qualitative Comparative Analysis: A Practical Guide to Comparative Case Studies and Ethnographic Data Analysis offers methodological and theoretically robust guidelines to systematically study the causalities, dynamics and outcomes of complex social interactions in source data sets.

Autorentext

Markus Kröger is an Associate Professor in Global Development Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and an Academy of Finland Research Fellow. He is a founding member of the Global Extractivisms and Alternatives Initiative (EXALT). His research interests include Brazilian studies, global natural resource politics, and social movement strategies and economic outcomes.

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Introduction. 1: Systematic Data Collection and Analysis: Multi-Sited Political Ethnography, QCA, and Other Methods for Assessing Complex Causalities. 2: Studying Complex Interactions and Outcomes: Selecting Key Factors in Social Movement Studies. 3: How to Apply QCA? An Illustration Through a QCA Of Investment Politics Outcomes in Brazil and India. 4: Complementing QCA by a Detailed Opening of Explanatory Factors. Conclusions
References. Index