Chapter 32: Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA)

Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is a configurational comparative method that is still hotly debated among scholars. Nonetheless, the method has made major inroads into the field of International Relations. The present chapter has three main goals. First, it argues that QCA can add significant...

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description Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is a configurational comparative method that is still hotly debated among scholars. Nonetheless, the method has made major inroads into the field of International Relations. The present chapter has three main goals. First, it argues that QCA can add significantly to our accumulation of knowledge about cause-effect relations. Second, using an existing study on contributions to military missions of the European Union, it demonstrates the functionality and workings of QCA in order to give applied researchers concrete technical guidance on how to employ the method correctly. Third and last, the chapter briefly introduces Coincidence Analysis (CNA) and Combinational Regularity Analysis (CORA) – two more recent configurational methods that have solved many of the methodological and technical problems QCA still remains affected by.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1012682023-07-12T13:10:10Z Chapter 32: Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) Thiem, Alrik Boolean optimization, Coincidence Analysis (CNA), Combinational Regularity Analysis (CORA), Configurational Comparative Methods (CCMs), INUS theory, Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) JPS Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is a configurational comparative method that is still hotly debated among scholars. Nonetheless, the method has made major inroads into the field of International Relations. The present chapter has three main goals. First, it argues that QCA can add significantly to our accumulation of knowledge about cause-effect relations. Second, using an existing study on contributions to military missions of the European Union, it demonstrates the functionality and workings of QCA in order to give applied researchers concrete technical guidance on how to employ the method correctly. Third and last, the chapter briefly introduces Coincidence Analysis (CNA) and Combinational Regularity Analysis (CORA) – two more recent configurational methods that have solved many of the methodological and technical problems QCA still remains affected by. Published 2023-07-12T13:10:08Z 2023-07-12T13:10:08Z 2022-08-05 chapter https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/101268 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-oa/book/9781839101014/book-part-9781839101014-44.xml Edward Elgar Publishing Edward Elgar Publishing https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839101014.00044 https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839101014.00044 01ceac28-75b4-492a-8eec-f9b98bc6b28c https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Edward Elgar Publishing Cheltenham, UK open access
spellingShingle Boolean optimization, Coincidence Analysis (CNA), Combinational Regularity Analysis (CORA), Configurational Comparative Methods (CCMs), INUS theory, Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)
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Chapter 32: Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA)
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