Nettsider med emneord «Methodological issues»

Publisert 9. nov. 2010 10:52

Process tracing, much in the ascendant as methodological approach, brings research closer to politics and strengthens the reliability of our findings. However, there are obvious risks entailed.

ARENA Working Paper 26/2005 (pdf)

Jeffrey T. Checkel

Publisert 9. nov. 2010 10:52

This essay discusses the concept of theory as it has been applied in social sciences; it arrives at a classification of four different uses of the word.

ARENA Working Paper 33/1999 (html)

Lars Mjøset

Publisert 9. nov. 2010 10:52

This paper argues that social constructivism suffers from a lack of micro-level, social agency theory; it attempts to fill this lacuna by analyzing state actor compliance with human rights regimes.

ARENA Working Paper 24/1999 (html)

Jeffrey T. Checkel

Publisert 9. nov. 2010 10:52

This paper discusses qualitative comparative methodology as applied within a “small-N” research design, with its potential use for specifying the scope conditions of causal mechanisms.

ARENA Working Paper 28/2005 (pdf)

Jonathan P. Aus

Publisert 9. nov. 2010 10:52

This paper evaluates constructivist approaches to European integration, arguing that in the urge to bring new insights, constructivists have neglected certain important issues within this field.

ARENA Working Paper 06/2006 (pdf)

Jeffrey T. Checkel

Publisert 6. des. 2011 11:46

How can we decide if a political order is a state or not? This paper discusses the ontological quality of the state and what follows from that to its analysis.

ARENA Working Paper 11/2011 (pdf)

Daniel Gaus