TQCA: A technique for adding temporality to qualitative comparative analysis

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-172

  Caren, Neal ^a   Panofsky, Aaron ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative and historical methodology; Qualitative comparative analysis; Sequence; Temporality; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744557835     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124105277197     Document Type: Article

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