Political Methodology

This page is dedicated to discussing  debates in political methodology.

 "Methodological Approaches, by their very nature priviledge some forms of explanation over others and are, in effect, bets about what will prove to be fruitful ways to attack certain sets of problems" ~Lake & Powell, 1999, pg 16

Four Limitations of Game Theory when dealing with Temporal Explanations 
- Link to page discussing these methodological shortcomingshttp://thecomparativepoliticsblogtwo.blogspot.com/p/four-limitations-of-game-theory-when.html

Galton's Problem in Cross National Reserach
-Link to page on Galton's problem
http://thecomparativepoliticsblogtwo.blogspot.com/p/galtons-problem-in-cross-national.html


A Framework for the Analysis of Data: Conceptualization, Measurement and Aggregation
- Link to the page outlining this framework
http://thecomparativepoliticsblogtwo.blogspot.com/p/framework-for-analysis-of-data.html

Nested Analysis as a Mixed-Method Strategy for Comparative Research
-Link to the page on Nested Analysis
http://thecomparativepoliticsblogtwo.blogspot.com/p/nested-analysis-as-mixed-method.html

“Five misunderstandings about case-study research”
-Link to the page
http://thecomparativepoliticsblogtwo.blogspot.com/p/five-misunderstandings-about-case-study.html

"Thickening Thin Concepts and Theories"
-Link to the page
http://thecomparativepoliticsblogtwo.blogspot.com/p/thickening-thin-concepts-and-theories.html