Theoretical Generality, Case Particularity: Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Trade Union Growth and Decline

Theoretical Generality, Case Particularity: Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Trade Union Growth and Decline

A relatively new causal comparative methodology based on a data reduction logic rooted in Boolean algebra--Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)--appears of substantial utility in those research sites with relatively large number of cases, causal heterogeneity and the expectation of delimited theor...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of comparative sociology 1991-01, Vol.32 (1-2), p.110-136
Hauptverfasser: Griffin, Larry J., Botsko, Christopher, Wahl, Ana-Maria, Isaac, Larry W.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Capitalist Societies
Comparative Analysis
Comparative Study
Decline
Democracy
Growth
Mathematics
Membership
Methodological Problems
Methodology (Data Analysis)
Qualitative Methods
Social research
Trade
Unions
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Zusammenfassung:A relatively new causal comparative methodology based on a data reduction logic rooted in Boolean algebra--Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)--appears of substantial utility in those research sites with relatively large number of cases, causal heterogeneity and the expectation of delimited theoretical generalizations.
ISSN:0020-7152
1745-2554
DOI:10.1177/002071529103200106