Causality in Policy Studies : a Pluralist Toolbox

Causality in Policy Studies a Pluralist Toolbox

This volume provides a methodological toolbox for conducting policy research. Recognizing that policy research spans various academic disciplines, each of which takes a different view on causality, the volume introduces a methodologically pluralistic approach to policy studies. Each chapter clarifie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Damonte, Alessia (-)
Other Authors: Negri, Fedra
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing 2023.
Edition:1st ed. 2023.
Series:Texts in Quantitative Political Analysis,
Subjects:
Political science.
Political planning.
Social sciences—Statistical methods.
Methodology of Political Science.
Public Policy.
Statistics in Social Sciences, Humanities, Law, Education, Behavorial Sciences, Public Policy.
Political Theory.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009740847906719
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: the Elephant of Causation and the Blind Sages
  • 2. Causation in the Social Realm
  • 3. Counterfactuals with Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Variation
  • 4. Correlation is not Causation, yet… Matching and Weighting for Better Counterfactuals
  • 5. Getting the Most Out of Surveys: Multilevel Regression And Poststratification
  • 6. Pathway analysis, causal mediation and the identification of causal mechanisms
  • 7. Proof by Testing Joint Sufficiency Twice: Explanatory Qualitative Comparative Analysis
  • 8. Causal Inference and Policy Evaluation from Case Studies using Bayesian Process Tracing
  • 9. Exploring Interventions ogn Social Outcomes with in Silico, Agent-Based Experiments
  • 10. The Many Threats from Mechanistic Heterogeneity that Can Spoil Multi-Method Research.

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