En podcast om artikkelen: Conceptual History and Politics: Is the Concept of Democracy Essentially Contested? Oliver Hidalgo This article surveys the history of the concept of democracy from Ancient times to the present. According to the author, the conceptual history of democracy shows that the overwhelming success of the concept is most of all due…
The Impact of Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Social Movement Organizations on Public Policy: Some Recent Evidence and Theoretical Concerns Paul Burstein, University of WashingtonApril Linton, University of Washington Denne artikkelen undersøker i hvilken grad politiske partier og interessegrupper faktisk klarer å forme offentlig politikk gjennom en omfattende analyse av eksisterende forskning. Forfatterne tester den…
Understanding Process Tracing David Collier, University of California, Berkeley ABSTRACT Process tracing is a fundamental tool of qualitative analysis. This method is often invoked by scholars who carry out within-case analysis based on qualitative data, yet frequently it is neither adequately understood nor rigorously applied. This deficit moti-vates this article, which offers a new framework for carrying…