The Art and Craft of Comparison
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The Art and Craft of Comparison

John Boswell,Jack Corbett,R. A. W. Rhodes

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The Art and Craft of Comparison

John Boswell,Jack Corbett,R. A. W. Rhodes

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Is it possible to compare French presidential politics with village leadership in rural India? Most social scientists are united in thinking such unlikely juxtapositions are not feasible. Boswell, Corbett and Rhodes argue that they are possible. This book explains why and how. It is a call to arms for interpretivists to embrace creatively comparative work. As well as explaining, defending and illustrating the comparative interpretive approach, this book is also an engaging, hands-on guide to doing comparative interpretive research, with chapters covering design, fieldwork, analysis and writing. The advice in each revolves around 'rules of thumb', grounded in experience, and illustrated through stories and examples from the authors' research in different contexts around the world. Naturalist and humanist traditions have thus far dominated the field but this book presents a real alternative to these two orthodoxies which expands the horizons of comparative analysis in social science research.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2019
ISBN
9781108608657
Topic
Sciences sociales
Subtopic
Recherche scientifique et méthodologie

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Series information
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright information
  6. Contents
  7. List of Tables
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. 1 Comparative Intuition
  10. 2 Interpretation
  11. 3 Dilemmas
  12. 4 Design
  13. 5 Fieldwork
  14. 6 Analysis
  15. 7 The Craft of Writing
  16. 8 Retrospective
  17. References
  18. Index
Citation styles for The Art and Craft of Comparison

APA 6 Citation

Boswell, J., Corbett, J., & Rhodes, R. (2019). The Art and Craft of Comparison ([edition unavailable]). Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/4221995 (Original work published 2019)

Chicago Citation

Boswell, John, Jack Corbett, and R Rhodes. (2019) 2019. The Art and Craft of Comparison. [Edition unavailable]. Cambridge University Press. https://www.perlego.com/book/4221995.

Harvard Citation

Boswell, J., Corbett, J. and Rhodes, R. (2019) The Art and Craft of Comparison. [edition unavailable]. Cambridge University Press. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/4221995 (Accessed: 24 June 2024).

MLA 7 Citation

Boswell, John, Jack Corbett, and R Rhodes. The Art and Craft of Comparison. [edition unavailable]. Cambridge University Press, 2019. Web. 24 June 2024.