2016
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4th International QCA Expert Workshop at ETH Zurich
Panel Debate on Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Research Transparency Panelists: Gary Goertz, Peer Fiss, Patrick A. Mello, and Eva Thomann Workshop Summary: “With the 4th International QCA Expert Workshop we build on the workshops of the past three years in bringing together around 40 researchers working with QCA across and beyond the neighboring areas of political sciences, sociology, management, and… Continue reading →
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Parliaments in Security Policy
German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF) Supports Project on “Parliaments in Security Policy” Project Summary: The influence of parliaments on the formulation of security policy has found increasing interest in recent research. Importantly, comparative studies showed that consolidated democracies are characterized by substantial variance in the formal-institutional oversight powers of parliaments. While countries like the UK and France grant extensive… Continue reading →
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Swiss Social Science Summer School 2016
Qualitative Comparative Analysis (Patrick A. Mello) Methods Course at the 20th Swiss Social Science Summer School Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, 22-26 August 2016 The workshop provides participants with a thorough introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA), both as a research approach and as a data analysis technique. In recent years, this set-theoretic method has gained recognition among social scientists… Continue reading →
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ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques 2016
Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy Sets Patrick A. Mello (Week 1), Carsten Q. Schneider (Week 2), and Nena Oana (Teaching Assistant) Methods Course taught for the European Consortium for Political Research at Central European University, Budapest, 28 July – 13 August 2016 Course Outline: “This course introduces participants to set-theoretic methods and their application in the social sciences with a… Continue reading →
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Perspectives on Politics
Book Review of All Necessary Measures: The UN and Humanitarian Intervention The new issue of Perspectives on Politics (14: 1) contains my book review of All Necessary Measures: The United Nations and Humanitarian Intervention by Carrie Booth Walling (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013). From the review: “The challenges of “humanitarian intervention” have been of pressing concern to policymakers and academics ever… Continue reading →