The book considers the past accomplishments and future agendas of comparative-historical research in the social sciences. It defines the distinctiveness of this type of research and explores its strengths in explaining important outcomes (e.g. revolutions, social provision, democracy) in the world. It includes sections on substantive research accomplishments, methodology, and t...(展开全部)

This book systematically investigates the past accomplishments and future agendas of contemporary comparative-historical analysis. Its core essays explore three major issues: the accumulation of knowledge in the field over the past three decades, the analytic tools used to study temporal process and historical patterns, and the methodologies available for making inferences and ...(展开全部)

尼尔·丁·斯梅尔塞(1930～ ),美国社会学家:本书是作者研究社会科学方法论问题的一部力作,对战后在西方社会科学领域,发展起来的一系列比较方法进行系统分析,追溯它们来龙去脉,评判它们的是非功过;而且对这些方法的理论基础、实用价值以及未来发展方法,都作了深刻阐述。

尼尔·丁·斯梅尔塞(1930～ ),美国社会学家:本书是作者研究社会科学方法论问题的一部力作,对战后在西方社会科学领域,发展起来的一系列比较方法进行系统分析,追溯它们来龙去脉,评判它们的是非功过;而且对这些方法的理论基础、实用价值以及未来发展方法,都作了深刻阐述。

Bayesian methods are increasingly being used in the social sciences, as the problems encountered lend themselves so naturally to the subjective qualities of Bayesian methodology. This book provides an accessible introduction to Bayesian methods, tailored specifically for social science students. It contains lots of real examples from political science, psychology, sociology, an...(展开全部)

Against the backdrop of an explosion of interest in new techniques for data collection and theory testing, this volume provides a fresh programmatic statement about comparative-historical analysis. It examines the advances and distinctive contributions that CHA has made to theory generation and the explanation of large-scale outcomes that newer approaches often regard as empiri...(展开全部)

This volume brings together original essays by scholars working on a diverse range of empirical issues, but whose work is in each case informed by a "historical institutional" approach to the study of politics. By bringing these pieces together, the volume highlights the methodological and theoretical foundations of this approach and illustrates the general contributions it has...(展开全部)

梅耶（Antoine Meillet，1866—1936），是19世纪末20世纪初继索绪尔之后最有威望、影响最深远的法国语言学家。 1866年出生于法国木兰（Moulins）。自1877年在木兰班维尔古典中学攻读古希腊文和拉丁文，到1936年逝世这五十多年期间，研习了许多印欧系语言和方言，并先后在东方语言学院、高等研究学院以及法兰西学院等教授比较语法和各种语言。 梅耶毕生从事语言教学与研究工作，著作等身。他一生对语言研究特别是历史比较语言学的研究做出了巨大贡献，其主要著作除本书外还有：《印欧语比较研究导论》、《印欧语方言》等，在语言学史上占有重要地位。

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 t...(展开全部)

Carsten Q. Schneider is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Imperfections in Democracies at Central European University, Hungary. Claudius Wagemann is Lecturer in the Doctoral Program in Political Science at the Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane (SUM), Florence.