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Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and other set-theoretic methods distinguish themselves from other approaches to the study of social phenomena by using sets and the search for set relations. In virtually all social science fields, statements about social phenomena can be framed in terms of set relations, and using set-theoretic methods to investigate these statements is therefore highly valuable. This book guides readers through the basic principles of set theory and then on to the applied practices of QCA. It provides a thorough understanding of basic and advanced issues in set-theoretic methods together with tricks of the trade, software handling and exercises. Most arguments are introduced using examples from existing research. The use of QCA is increasing rapidly and the application of set-theory is both fruitful and still widely misunderstood in current empirical comparative social research. This book provides the comprehensive guide to these methods for researchers across the social sciences.

#SBIB:303H30 --- #SBIB:303H61 --- Kwalitatieve methoden: algemeen --- Wiskundige methoden en technieken --- Méthode comparative --- Set theory. --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / General. --- Aggregates --- Classes (Mathematics) --- Ensembles (Mathematics) --- Mathematical sets --- Sets (Mathematics) --- Theory of sets --- Comparative method. --- Social sciences --- Mathematical models. --- Set theory --- Logic, Symbolic and mathematical --- Mathematics --- Comparative method --- Mathematical models --- Qualitative methods in social research --- Political science --- General. --- Sciences sociales --- Modèles mathématiques --- Méthode comparative. --- Modèles mathématiques. --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- Social sciences - Comparative method --- Social sciences - Mathematical models

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Qualitative methods in social research

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This book analyses the actions, networks and frames of right wing extremism. If research on extreme right political parties is growing, the extreme right has however only very rarely been studied as a social movement. To fill this gap, this volume compares the extreme right in Italy, Germany and the United States using some main concepts and methods developed in social movement studies. In particular, it describes the discourse, repertoires and organizational structures of the extreme right, and explains it on the basis of the discoursive and political opportunities and resources available to them. A combination of empirical methods is used in order to collect and analyse data on the extreme right organizations. The frame analysis looks at the cognitive mechanisms that are relevant in influencing organizational and individual behaviour. The network analysis looks at the (inter‐) organizational structural characteristics of the right-wing organizations. Finally, the protest event analysis allows for an empirical summary of the actions undertaken by right-wing extremists over the last decade. The substantive chapters address the organizational structure of the extreme right, the action repertoires of the extreme right as well as the framing concerning, respectively, the definition of the ‘us’, the struggle against modernity, old and new forms of racism, opposition to globalization and populism. Finally, in the conclusions, the authors reflect on the contributions that social movement studies give to the understanding of the phenomenon, as well as, vice‐versa, how research on the extreme rights could contribute to the theorization on social movements’ dynamics.

Right-wing extremists --- Far-right extremists --- Radicals

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In diesem Lehrbuch sollen Studenten und sonstige Interessierte mit den unterschiedlichen Forschungsmethoden und –ansätzen sowie den wichtigsten Anwendungsfeldern qualitativer Politikforschung vertraut gemacht werden. Hierzu wird ausführlich in die Grundlagen und Traditionen der qualitativen Sozialforschung eingeführt. Es werden die wichtigsten Methoden der Datenerhebung und Datenauswertung präsentiert und anhand von besonders interessanten Fallstudien und Fallbeispielen aus der Politikwissenschaft und Politischen Soziologie illustriert. Neben den qualitativen Methoden werden aber auch spezielle Forschungsdesigns dargestellt und kritisch erläutert. Ein Schwerpunkt macht dabei die Auseinandersetzung mit Fallstudien-Designs aus. Die Darstellung von Fallstudien-Designs gibt den Lesern wichtige Informationen an die Hand über geeignete Strategien der Fallauswahl, über den Forschungsprozess bei fallbezogenen Untersuchungen und über die Einsatzmöglichkeiten von qualitativen, aber gleichwohl standardisierten Vergleichsverfahren im Rahmen der von Charles Ragin entwickelten „Qualitative Comparative Analysis“ (QCA).

Political science. --- Social sciences. --- Political Science. --- Social Sciences, general.