TY - BOOK AU - Geddes, Barbara. TI - Paradigms and sand castles: theory building and research design in comparative politics SN - 0472098357 (cloth : alk. paper) U1 - 320.3 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Ann Arbor PB - University of Michigan Press KW - Comparative government KW - Political science KW - Research N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-306) and index; 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 ER -