Causality in Policy Studies a Pluralist Toolbox
This volume provides a methodological toolbox for conducting policy research. Recognizing that policy research spans various academic disciplines, each of which takes a different view on causality, the volume introduces a methodologically pluralistic approach to policy studies. Each chapter clarifie...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2023, 2023
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Edition: | 1st ed. 2023 |
Series: | Texts in Quantitative Political Analysis
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Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: the Elephant of Causation and the Blind Sages
- 2. Causation in the Social Realm
- 3. Counterfactuals with Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Variation
- 4. Correlation is not Causation, yet… Matching and Weighting for Better Counterfactuals
- 5. Getting the Most Out of Surveys: Multilevel Regression And Poststratification
- 6. Pathway analysis, causal mediation and the identification of causal mechanisms
- 7. Proof by Testing Joint Sufficiency Twice: Explanatory Qualitative Comparative Analysis
- 8. Causal Inference and Policy Evaluation from Case Studies using Bayesian Process Tracing
- 9. Exploring Interventions ogn Social Outcomes with in Silico, Agent-Based Experiments
- 10. The Many Threats from Mechanistic Heterogeneity that Can Spoil Multi-Method Research