The theory and method of comparative area studies

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dc.contributor.authorAriel I. Ahram
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-14T19:53:39Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-30T15:32:01Z
dc.date.available2016-01-14T19:53:39Z
dc.date.available2016-03-30T15:32:01Z
dc.date.issued2011-02-01
dc.description.abstractThough many now downplay the tension between area studies and disciplinary political science, there has been little substantive guidance on how to accomplish complementarity between their respective approaches. This article seeks to develop the idea of comparative area studies (CAS) as a rubric that maintains the importance of regional knowledge while contributing to general theory building using inductive intra-regional, cross-regional, inter-regional comparison. Treating regions as theoretically-grounded analytical categories, rather than inert or innate geographical entities, can help inform both quantitative and qualitative attempts to build general theory.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewnoteshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guidelinesen_US
dc.identifier.citationAhram, A. I. (2011). The theory and method of comparative area studies. Qualitative Research, 11(1), 69-90. doi: 10.1177/1468794110385297en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1468794110385297en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11244/25379
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherQualitative Research
dc.rights.requestablefalseen_US
dc.subjectanalytic narrativesen_US
dc.subjectarea studiesen_US
dc.subjectqualitative methodsen_US
dc.subjectquantitative methodsen_US
dc.subjectrational choiceen_US
dc.titleThe theory and method of comparative area studiesen_US
dc.typeResearch Articleen_US

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