Booth (2011) Flashcards
1
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Booth (2011): Why do we conduct comparative research?
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To Learn and to Copy from others
2
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Booth (2011): Why is direct policy transfer difficult?
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Planning is shaped by cultural, political and institutional factors
3
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Booth (2011) mention four key strategies for comparison, based on Tilly (1984):
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Individualizing comparisons = Highlight unique characteristics
Universalizing comparisons = General rules that apply across all cases
Encompassing comparisons = Understanding cases within a broader system
Variation-finding comparisons = Studying systematic differences to establish patterns
4
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Booth (2011) mentions two types of path dependency:
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- Self-reinforcing sequences
- Reactive sequences
We have to analyze how past decisions shaped the present.
