ESRC/OISP Comparative Methods


The Workshop in Comparative Methods took place at the Oxford Institute of Social Policy on 12-14 January 2012; it provided an overview of and introduction into various comparative methods. The workshop presentations were based on the research project 'Integrating macro and micro perspectives in cross-national comparison: Dynamic policy structures and individual outcomes', which is funded as one of the four projects within the ESRC Methods for Comparative Cross-National Research Initiative.

Chapters

Welcome to the ESRC/OISP Workshop in Comparative Methods 7:35 Read by Martin Seeleib-Kaiser
Introduction to Comparative Analysis (part 1) 40:35 Read by Martin Seeleib-Kaiser
Introduction to Comparative Analysis (part 2) 27:45 Read by Martin Seeleib-Kaiser
Ideal Types and Welfare Regimes: An Application 53:32 Read by Emanuele Ferragina
Challenges and Limits of Macro-Quantitative Analysis 58:45 Read by Emanuele Ferragina
An Introduction to Structural Equation Modelling in Comparative Social Analysis 47:04 Read by Mark Tomlinson
Merging Macro and Micro Data? 39:00 Read by Mark Tomlinson
Conclusion 1:39 Read by Martin Seeleib-Kaiser