To find more detailed information on the syllabus, lectures etc. please go to blyant.uio.no (Fronter) and log in with your username and password. In the folder named PECOS4021 you will find a number of relevant documents for the course.
A=Article
B=Book
BC=Book chapter
Achen, Christopher H. and Duncan Snidal (1989) “Rational deterrence theory and comparative case studies”, World Politics 41, 2: 143-169. 27p. A
Adcock, Robert and Collier, David (2001): “Measurement validity: a shared standard for qualitative and quantitative research”, American Political Science Review 95: 529-546. 18 p. A
Charmaz, Kathy (2003) “Qualitative interviewing and grounded theory analysis”, pp. 311-330 in James A. Holstein and Jaber F. Gudrium (eds.) Inside Interviewing: New Lenses, New Concerns. London: Sage. 20 p. BC
Checkel, Jeff (2008) “It’s the process stupid! Tracing causal mechanisms in European and international politics”, in Audie Klotz (ed.) Qualitative Methods in International Relations: A Pluralist Guide. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 22 p. BC
Collier, David (2011) “Understanding process tracing”, PS: Political Science and Politics 44, 4: 823-830. 8p. A
Fearon, James D. and David Latin (2008) “Integrating qualitative and quantitative research methods”, in Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Henry E. Brady and David Collier (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 20 p. BC
Frendreis, John P. (1983) “Explanation of variation and detection of covariation: the purpose and logic of comparative analysis”, Comparative Political Studies 16: 255-272. 18 p. A
Fujii, Lee Ann (2010) “Shades of truth and lies: interpreting testimonies of war and violence”, Journal of Peace Research 47, 2: 231-241. 11 p.
Gaddis, John Lewis (2002). The Landscape of History. How Historians Map the Past. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Ch. 1. 17 p. BC
Geddes, Barbara (1990) “How the cases you choose affect the answers you get: selection bias in comparative politics”, Political Analysis 2, 1: 131-150. 20 p.
Gerring, John (2007) Case Study Research (Cambridge University Press). Ch. 1-6 + Epilogue. 194 p. B
Goertz, Gary (2005) Social Science Concepts (Princeton: Princeton University Press). Ch. 1, 2, 5. 93 p. B
Johnston, Richard (2008) “Survey methodology”, in Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Henry E. Brady, and David Collier (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 20 p. BC
King, Gary, Robert O. Keohane and Sidney Verba (1994) Designing Social Inquiry. Princeton University Press. Ch. 1-5. 227 p. B Krosnick, Jon A. (1999) “Survey research”, Annual Review of Psychology 50: 537-567. 31 p.
Levy, Jack S. (2008) “Case studies: types, designs, and logic of inference”, Conflict Management and Peace Science 25: 1-18. 18 p. A
Lieberman, Evan S. (2005) “Nested analysis as a mixed-method strategy for comparative research”, American Political Science Review 99, 3: 435-452. 18p. A
Mahoney, James and Gary Goertz (2006) “A tale of two cultures: contrasting quantitative and qualitative research”, Political Analysis 14, 3: 227-249. 23 p. A
Megoran, Nick (2006) “For ethnography in political geography: experiencing and re-imagining Ferghana Valley boundary closures”, Political Geography 25: 622-640. 19 p. A
Posner, Daniel (2004) “The political salience of cultural differences: why Chewas and Tumbukas are allies in Zambia and adversaries in Malawi”, American Political Science Review 98, 4: 529-546. 18 p. A
Rohlfing, Ingo (2008) “What You See and What You Get: Pitfalls and Principles of Nested Analysis in Comparative Research”, Comparative Political Studies 41, 11: 1492-1514. 23p. A
Rueschemeyer, Dietrich (2003) “Strategies of causal assessment in comparative historical analysis”, in James Mahoney and Dietrich Rueschemeyer (eds.) Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 35 p. BC
Sambanis, Nicholas (2004) “Using case studies to expand economic models of civil war”, Perspectives on Politics 2, 2: 259-279. 21p. A
Tarrow, Sidney (2010) “The strategy of paired comparison: towards a theory of practice”, Comparative Political Studies 43, 2: 230-259. 30 p. A
Trachtenberg, Marc (2006) The Craft of International History: A Guide to Methods. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Ch. 2, 3, 5. 80 p. B
Verwimp, Philip (2003) “Testing the double genocide thesis for central and southern Rwanda”, Journal of Conflict Resolution 47, 4: 423-442. 20 p. A
Weeden, Lisa (2010) “Reflections on ethnographic fieldwork in political science”, Annual Review of Political Science 13: 255-72. 18 p. A
Weyland, Kurt (2009) “The diffusion of revolution: ‘1848’ in Europe and Latin America”, International Organization 63: 391-423. 33p. A
Woodward, James (2011) “Scientific Explanation”, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 16 p. Available at http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2011/entries/scientific-explanation/. A
Total: 1.118 pages
A=Article B=Book BC=Book chapter