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Colin Elman
Researcher at Syracuse University
Publications - 36
Citations - 2684
Colin Elman is an academic researcher from Syracuse University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Qualitative research & International relations. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 36 publications receiving 2508 citations. Previous affiliations of Colin Elman include Arizona State University & Columbia University.
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QUALITATIVE RESEARCH: Recent Developments in Case Study Methods
Andrew Bennett,Colin Elman +1 more
TL;DR: The authors surveys the extensive new literature that has brought about a renaissance of qualitative methods in political science over the past decade and assesses how process tracing and typological theorizing help address forms of complexity, such as path dependence and interaction effects.
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Complex Causal Relations and Case Study Methods: The Example of Path Dependence
Andrew Bennett,Colin Elman +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the application of qualitative methods in analyzing causal complexity and how process tracing and systematic case comparisons can address path-dependent explanations, including contingency, closure of alternatives, and constraints to the current path.
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Explanatory Typologies in Qualitative Studies of International Politics
TL;DR: This paper provided an account of analytic steps used in working with typologies, and an accessible vocabulary to describe them, illustrated with concrete examples drawn from prominent versions of offensive structural, defensive structural, and neoclassical realism.
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Horses for courses: Why nor neorealist theories of foreign policy?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss why nor neorealist theories of foreign policy do not explain the need for horses for courses in foreign policy, and propose a horse-for-course approach.
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Case Study Methods in the International Relations Subfield
Andrew Bennett,Colin Elman +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the key role that case study methods have played in the study of international relations in the United States has been reviewed, and case studies in the IR subfield are not the unconnected, ath...