Introduction
Reassessing the Methodology of Process Tracing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12869747 |
|---|---|
| Authors | B Kittel (0000-0001-9799-8310, Vienna University of Economics and Business, corresponding author), David Kuehn (0000-0003-2593-0194, Institute of Political Science) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-9 |
| Publication date | 2012-03-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1680-4333 • E-ISSN: 1682-0983 |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1057/eps.2012.4 |
| OpenAlex | W2123788084 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 26 |
Although having been practised in the Social Sciences for decades, it was only in recent years that process tracing has gained prominence in methodological debates in political science. In spite of its popularity, however, there has been little success in formalising its methodology, defining its standards, and identifying its range of applicability. This symposium aims at furthering our understanding of the methodology by discussing four essential aspects: the underlying notion of causality, the role of theory, the problem of measurement in qualitative research, and the methodology's relationship with other forms of qualitative inquiry. It brings together methodological and substantive articles by young European scholars and summarises a round-table discussion with Peter A. Hall held at a workshop at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, in November 2010
Comparative politics · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Management science · Political science · Politics · Popularity · Positive economics · Process (computing · Process tracing · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Engineering · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research
Decolonial process tracing
Process tracing of extensive and intensive processes
Process tracing and the causal identification revolution
Rethinking mechanism and process in the geographical analysis of uneven development
Framing processes and lobbying in EU foreign policy
Reluctant Donors? The E uropeanization of International Development Policies in the New Member States
Sequence and alignment of external pressures in industry destabilisation
Concrete Counterfactual Tests for Process Tracing
Sources Of Leverage In Causal Inference
Systematic process analysis
Case studies and process tracing
Statistics and Causal Inference
Experimental Political Science and the Study of Causality
Aligning Ontology and Methodology in Comparative Politics
Clues, Myths, and the Historical Method
Explaining Large-Scale Historical Change
In Search of Co‐variance, Causal Mechanisms or Congruence? Towards a Plural Understanding of Case Studies
Microfoundations, Method, and Causation
On Sociology
After KKV
A Tale of Two Cultures
Models, Numbers and Cases
Toward a Unified Theory of Causality
Causal Mechanisms
Social Science Concepts
Qualitative Methodology and Comparative Politics
III. "Degrees of Freedom" and the Case Study
Understanding Process Tracing
Comparative-Historical Methodology
Theory-Testing, Generalization, and the Problem of External Validity
New Contributions to the Philosophy of History
| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2024 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |