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Comparative research designs : Interdependence as a challenge and opportunity in regional studies
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- Åberg, Martin, 1962- (author)
- Karlstads universitet,Institutionen för samhälls- och kulturvetenskap (from 2013)
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- Denk, Thomas, 1964- (author)
- Örebro universitet
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- 2019-10-17
- 2020
- English.
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In: Regional economic development and history. - Abingdon : Routledge. - 9781138334137 - 9780429445545 ; , s. 98--116
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- How can social science and historical approaches combine in order to enrich the regional studies theme? This chapter focuses on designs for small-N comparative research, specifically the problem of how to apply systematically structured synchronic and diachronic comparisons as a means to analyze interdependence. We hold that comparative sequence design (CSD) poses an important methodological option in that perspective. In contrast to standard research designs, such as cross-sectional design and development design (“historical case studies”), CSD allows for both systematic (i) cross-unit and cross-case comparisons as well as (ii) within-unit analyses. It (iii) opens up for the use of process-oriented models with a focus on explaining developmental outcomes among sub-national level units, and thereby (iv) facilitates analysis of both spatial, temporal and temporal-spatial interdependence among sub-national level units (regions). CSD provides a tool for examining e.g. policy-making and policy diffusion as dynamic, historically contingent processes; and, from the perspective of the historical disciplines, allows analysts to move beyond the limits of traditional case studies of regions and localities.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- History
- Historia
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- vet (subject category)
- kap (subject category)
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