Innovative Comparative Methods for Policy Analysis

1. Introduction
Benoît Rihoux, Heike Grimm

Part 1.Systematic Comparative Case Studies: Design, Methods and Measures

2. The Limitations of Net-Effects Thinking
Charles C. Ragin

3. A Question of Size?
David Levi-Faur

4. MSDO/MDSO Revisited for Public Policy Analysis
Gisèle Meur, Peter Bursens, Alain Gottcheiner

5. Beyond Methodological Tenets
Sakura Yamasaki, Astrid Spreitzer

Part 2.Innovative Comparative Methods to Analyze Policy-Making Processes: Applications

6. Entrepreneurship Policy and Regional Economic Growth
Heike Grimm

7. Determining the Conditions of HIV/AIDS Prevalence in Sub-Saharan Africa
Lasse Cronqvist, Dirk Berg-Schlosser

8. Diversity, Ideal Types and Fuzzy Sets in Comparative Welfare State Research
Jon Kvist

9. Scenario-Building Methods as a Tool for Policy Analysis
António Brandão Moniz

Part 3.Innovative Comparative Methods for Policy Implementation and Evaluation: Applications

10. A New Method for Policy Evaluation?
Frédéric Varone, Benoît Rihoux, Axel Marx

11. Social Sustainability of Community Structures: A Systematic Comparative Analysis within the Oulu Region in Northern Finland
Pentti Luoma

12. QCA as a Tool for Realistic Evaluations
Barbara Befani, Fritz Sager

Part 4.Conclusion

13. Conclusion
Benoît Rihoux, Heike Grimm

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Keywords: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management Science BUS042000