Dealing with Complex Causality in Realist Synthesis: The Promise of Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Autor/inn/en	Sager, Fritz; Andereggen, Celine
Titel	Dealing with Complex Causality in Realist Synthesis: The Promise of Qualitative Comparative Analysis
Quelle	In: American Journal of Evaluation, 33 (2012) 1, S.60-78 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1098-2140
DOI	10.1177/1098214011411574
Schlagwörter	Comparative Analysis; Qualitative Research; Synthesis; Politics; Public Policy; Transportation; Foreign Countries; Switzerland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Qualitative Forschung; Politik; Öffentliche Ordnung; Verkehrswesen; Ausland; Schweiz
Abstract	In this article, the authors state two arguments: first, that the four categories of context, politics, polity, and policy make an adequate framework for systematic review being both exhaustive and parsimonious; second, that the method of qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) is an appropriate methodical approach for gaining realistic results that are useful for political practice. Instead of providing unsatisfactory monocausal explanations, the approach identifies different combinations of conditions leading to a given outcome. The authors illustrate their points with a two-step multi-value QCA (mvQCA) of 17 transport policy cases in Switzerland. (Contains 2 figures, 3 tables and 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10