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Comparative methodology : theory and practice in international social research

Title
Comparative methodology : theory and practice in international social research / edited by Else Øyen.
Publication
London ; Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage, 1990.

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Additional Authors
Øyen, Else, 1934-
Description
xii, 227 pages; 23 cm.
Summary
Addresses the methodological problems raised by international comparative social science research. This volume has been specially prepared for the 1990 World Congress of Sociology and is aimed at professionals and students in the areas of comparative sociology and cross-cultural studies.
Series Statement
Sage studies in international sociology ; 40
Uniform Title
Sage studies in international sociology ; 40.
Subject
  • Sociology > Research > Methodology
  • Sociology > Comparative method
  • Sociology > Cross-cultural studies
  • Sociology > Research
  • 71.02 philosophy and theory of sociology
  • Sociology > Research
  • Sociology
  • Sociology > Comparative method
  • Sociology > Research > Methodology
  • Empirische Sozialforschung
  • Methodologie
  • Sozialwissenschaften
  • Soziologie
  • Vergleich
  • Vergleichende Forschung
  • Aufsatzsammlung
  • Sociaal-wetenschappelijk onderzoek
  • Vergelijkend onderzoek
  • research method
  • social research
  • data collecting
  • statistical table
  • Sociology > Cross-cultural studies > Methodology
  • Sociology > Methodology
  • Sociologie > Recherche
  • Sociologie > Méthodologie
  • Sciences sociales > Méthode comparative
  • méthode de recherche
  • recherche sociale
  • collecte des données
  • tableau statistique
  • método de investigación
  • investigación sociológica
  • recopilación de datos
  • cuadros estadísticos
Genre/Form
  • Cross-cultural studies
  • Aufsatzsammlung.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
pt. I. COMPARATIVE RESEARCH AS A SOCIOLOGICAL STRATEGY -- 1. The imperfection of comparisons / Else Øyen -- 2. The development of comparative research : towards causal explanations / Erwin K. Scheuch -- 3. Comparing countries : lesson learned / Henry Teune -- pt. II. THEORETICAL REFLECTIONS ON COMPARATIVE RESEARCH -- 4. Socio-legal concepts and their comparison / Vincenzo Ferrari -- 5. Paradigm crisis and social movements : a Latin American perspective / Fernando Calderon and Alejandro Piscitelli -- 6. Theory formation in social research : a plea for pluralism / Johan Galtung -- pt. III. METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO COMPARATIVE RESEARCH -- 7. Comparing semi-corruption among parliamentarians in Britain and Australia / Eva Etzioni-Halevy -- 8. A comparative content analysis of biographies / Ralph H. Turner -- 9. Oral history approaches to an international social movement / Daniel Bertaux -- 10. Sampling and cross-classification analysis in international social research / Karl M. van Meter -- 11. Data archives as an instrument for comparative research / Jan -Erik Lane -- 12. The use of time series in international comparison / Rudolf Andorka.
ISBN
  • 0803983255
  • 9780803983250
  • 0803983263
  • 9780803983267
LCCN
90061356
OCLC
  • ocm22240732
  • 22240732
  • SCSB-8796311
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library