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Fallstudien und Process Tracing in der Vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft

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Handbuch Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

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Process Tracing hat sich in den letzten Jahren als zentraler methodischer Ansatz zur Durchführung von Fallstudien herauskristallisiert. Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird zunächst auf Fallstudien allgemein und ihr Bezug zur vergleichende Methode eingegangen. Dann wird Process Tracing als methodischer Ansatz vorgestellt. Beispiele von Process Tracing in der Vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft und der Analyse Europäischer Integration illustrieren die Anwendungsmöglichkeiten.

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Muno, W. (2015). Fallstudien und Process Tracing in der Vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft. In: Lauth, HJ., Kneuer, M., Pickel, G. (eds) Handbuch Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft. Springer NachschlageWissen. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-02993-7_6-1

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