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Authors: Beach, D., & Pedersen, R.
ORCID: Beach, Derek
Pedersen, Rasmus
Venue: University of Michigan Press eBooks
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2013
DOI: 10.3998/mpub.2556282
OpenAlex: W4234465239
Cited by: 1,140
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 136 · 2025: 97 · 2024: 98 · 2023: 85 · 2022: 90 · 2021: 69 · 2020: 154 · 2019: 85 · 2018: 123 · 2017: 84 · 2016: 56 · 2015: 38 · 2014: 16 · 2013: 6
FWCI: 39.15
Type: book
Language: en
Open access: hybrid
doi.org
Licence: cc-by
Locations: University of Michigan Press eBooks (publishedVersion, cc-by)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research
Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation
Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political Science Research and Education
Keywords: process tracing, causal inference, qualitative research, causal mechanisms, historical causation

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