Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Research Design and the Accumulation of Knowledge
2. Big Questions, Little Answers: How the Questions You Choose Affect the Answers You Get
3. How the Cases You Choose Affect the Answers You Get: Selection Bias and Related Issues
4. How the Evidence You Use Affects the Answers You Get: Rigorous Use of the Evidence Contained in Case Studies
5. How the Approach You Choose Affects the Answers You Get: Rational Choice and Its Uses in Comparative Politics
6. Conclusion
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Bibliography
Index