Political Science and Comparative politics Seminar
[ LSPRI2075 ]
5.0 crédits ECTS
15.0 h
2q
| Teacher(s) |
Rihoux Benoît ;
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| Language |
English
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Place
of the course |
Louvain-la-Neuve
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| Main themes |
Sequence of topics : How to move from single case studies to cross-case comparison ; 'small N' or 'intermedi-ate N' research designs ; Approach and assumptions of QCA ; complex causality ; QCA as a technique : csQCA, mvQCA and fsQCA ; concrete applications on macro-, meso- and micro-level cases ; complementarity with " case-oriented " research.
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| Aims |
The aim of this seminar is to provide training from A to Z (introductory to intermediate) on " Qualitative Com-parative Analysis " (QCA) both as an approach and as a set of specific techniques. After this seminar, the stu-dent should be able to apply QCA (including the software treatment) on some applied topic of his/her choice.
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| Content |
The seminar is taugh in a classroom, followed by practical " hands-on " project work by the students, also pre-sented in the seminar sessions.
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| Other information |
Evaluation : project reports and presentations.L
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Cycle et année
d'étude |
> Master [120] in Political Sciences: General
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Faculty or entity
in charge |
> PSAD
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