Geddes, Barbara. <br/><br/>
Paradigms and sand castles :  theory building and research design in comparative politics / 
Barbara Geddes. 
 - Ann Arbor :  University of Michigan Press,   c2003. 
 - x, 314 p. ;   24 cm. 
 - Analytical perspectives on politics .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-306) and index. 
<br/><br/>Research design and the accumulation of knowledge -- Big questions, little answers : how the questions you choose affect the answers you ge t -- How the cases you choose affect the answers you get : selection bi as and related issues -- How the evidence you use affects the answers y ou get : rigorous use of the evidence contained in case studies -- How the approach you choose affects the answers you get : the uses and limi tations of rational choice comparative politics. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0472098357 (cloth : alk. paper) 0472068350 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003-002160 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Comparative government.<br/>Political science-- Research.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.3