Qualitative Comparative Analysis: Learning from cases
Rutten,R.
Rutten,R.
Abstract
Emphasising the Q in qualitative comparative analysis (QCA), Roel Rutten presents QCA as a thoroughly qualitative method to help researchers learn from cases. He highlights that while Boolean expressions describing cross-case patterns are QCA’s most conspicuous element, they do not amount to causal explanations.
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2024
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Edward Elgar
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Case-based research, Causality, Critical Realism, QCA (Qualitative Comparative Analysis), Qualitative methods, Set-analysis
Citation
Rutten, R 2024, Qualitative Comparative Analysis: Learning from cases. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839104527
