Postgraduate Module Descriptor


POCM102: Comparative Case Study Design

This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.

Please note that this module is only delivered on the Penryn Campus.

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

Blatter, J. and M. Haverland (2012). Designing Case Studies: Explanatory Approaches in Small-N Research. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Goertz, G. (2006). Social Science Concepts. A User's Guide. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Mahoney, J., and G. Goertz (2006). A Tale of Two Cultures: Contrasting Quantitative and Qualitative Research. Political Analysis 14(3): 227-249.

Ragin, C.C. (2014). The comparative method: Moving beyond qualitative and quantitative strategies. University of California Press.

Toshkov, D. (2016). Research Design in Political Science. Basingstoke: Palgrave.