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What is a relevant research problem? How can I improve concepts and
measurements? Which and how many variables and cases should I
select? How do I evaluate rival explanations and which theoretical
conclusions can I draw? This book offers practical guidelines on
these core issues of design for qualitative and quantitative
research in political science. It puts special emphasis on the
trade-offs involved in design decisions and on illustrations from
actual research.
Research designs can be distinguished along various dimensions, but
all face the same set of core issues. What is a relevant research
problem? How can the concepts and measurements be improved? Which
and how many variables and cases should be selected? What
theoretical conclusions can be drawn from the research? Which
evidence would lead to a rejection and reformulation of the initial
theory?
This volume was written to help advanced students of political
science and neighbouring fields to think about these issues and
develop practical solutions for their own research. The distinction
between qualitative and quantitative research can often be
inadequate. Some solutions to research design problems are common
to both types of research; others cross-cut the traditional
qualitative-quantitative divide. Including a chapter on choosing a
research question, this book provides practical guidelines for both
qualitative and quantitative designs, discussing the typical
trade-offs involved in choosing them, and is rich in examples from
real research.
Since the end of the Cold War, Europe has been the stage of a
large-scale project of international socialization. European
regional organizations such as the OSCE, the Council of Europe,
NATO, and the EU assumed the task of inducting the transition
countries to the liberal-democratic standards of the Western
international community. How and when have Western organizations
had an impact on the transformation of Europe? Why have they been
successful in some countries but not in others? How can we
adequately analyze and theorize international socialization in
Europe? In a comparative analysis of nine countries, the book tests
theoretical conditions and mechanisms of international norm
promotion and shows that successful socialization has been a result
of credible EU and NATO membership conditionality as well as
moderate political costs of compliance for the target governments.
Through compelling contributions from experts on democratization,
this volume analyzes the impact and importance of civil society
development and external civil society promotion on democracy
promotion in post-socialist Eastern Europe. Looking specifically at
countries with a failed or deficient process of democratic
consolidation, where civil society is viewed as a substitute or
complement to democracy promotion in government, the contributors
explore the problems and unintended consequences of external
democracy promotion on civil society development. The theoretical
contributions analyze roles civil society play for democratization
and how democracy promotion can support or undermine these roles.
The empirical contributions cover a wide range of civil society
actors and current developments in various Eastern European
countries.
With contributions from experts on democracy promotion, this volume
examines civil society development and external civil society
promotion in post-socialist Europe. It focuses on countries with a
failed or deficient process of democratic consolidation looking at
unintended consequences of external democracy promotion on civil
society development.
At the end of the Cold War, the Western international community
embarked on a large-scale project of promoting democratic change
and consolidation in Eastern Europe. This book explains its mixed
results. It examines the strategies of European organizations and
the conditions of their success and failure.
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