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Title: The Neglected Virtues of Comparative-Historical Methods

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Publication Year: 2011

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Abstract: This chapter provides an introduction to the assumptions befhind comparative-historical methodology and will outline several key approaches to comparative-historical research, including historiography, large-N comparative scholarship, negative case methods, and formal methods. It will then review critiques of comparative-historical approaches that come from both positivist and interpretivist researchers before turning to the new direction in which comparative-historical methods can be employed, such as exploring the recent past and incorporating new technology into comparative-historical research. Comparative-historical research is not a tool only suited to the dreary questions of yesterday's scholars, but rather a tool that can provide new windows into our social organizations, our culture, and indeed our future.

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Authors: Lemonik, Arthur; Mikaila, Mariel

Editors: Zake, Ieva; DeCesare, Michael

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Volume Title: New Directions in Sociology: Essays on Theory and Methodology in the 21st Century

Publisher: McFarland & Company Inc.

Publisher Location: Jefferson, NC

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Topics: Methodology and Data Collection

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