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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Damonte, Alessia (-)
Otros Autores: Negri, Fedra
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing 2023.
Edición:1st ed. 2023.
Colección:Texts in Quantitative Political Analysis,
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.