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Title:

Qualitative Comparative Analysis and the Study of Non-State Actors

Document type:
Buchbeitrag
Author(s):
Mello, P.A.
Pages contribution:
123-142
Abstract:
Suppose you wanted to find out under what conditions non-state actors (NSAs) rebel against state authorities or to investigate what factors lead governments to contract private military and security companies (PMSCs). For these and similar research aims there will rarely be a single cause to account for the outcome. Instead, you might discover that multiple factors bring about the phenomenon of interest and that these interact in specific ways. Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is ideally s...     »
Editor:
Andrea Schneiker; Andreas Kruck
Book title:
Researching Non-State Actors in International Security: Theory & Practice
Publisher:
Routledge
Publisher address:
London
Year:
2017
DOI:
doi:10.4324/9781315669830-9
WWW:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781315669830/chapters/10.4324/9781315669830-9
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