Sub-National–Cross-National Variation

Method and Analysis in Sub-Saharan Africa

Bibliographic Data

ID7571306
AuthorsRachel Beatty Riedl (0000-0001-8961-5236, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume61
Issue8
Pages932-959
Publication date2017-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0002764217720965
OpenAlexW2766349491
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited36

This article proposes four different types of research designs to highlight the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological value of an interactive sub-national cross-national approach: as a two-level interaction, as a hierarchical model, as a set of controls, and as quasi-experimental. These possibilities demonstrate the unique advantages of theorizing and empirically analyzing sub-national variation in its relation to the national superstructure. Using the example of the multi-level identities and institutions associated with religious organizations across sub-Saharan Africa, I demonstrate that the impact of religious leaders on their affiliated followers’ political orientations vary according to the interactive position of each group in their local and national context

Context (archaeology) · Data mining · Economics · Geography · Multilevel model · Political science · Politics · Position (finance) · Regional science · Relation (database) · Set (abstract data type) · Sociology · Statistics · Value (mathematics) · Variation (astronomy) · Computer Science · Mathematics · Political Conflict and Governance · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development

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