TY - BOOK ID - 118306571 TI - Causality in Policy Studies : a Pluralist Toolbox AU - Damonte, Alessia. AU - Negri, Fedra. PY - 2023 SN - 3031129822 3031129814 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Political science. KW - Political planning. KW - Social sciences—Statistical methods. KW - Methodology of Political Science. KW - Public Policy. KW - Statistics in Social Sciences, Humanities, Law, Education, Behavorial Sciences, Public Policy. KW - Political Theory. KW - Planning in politics KW - Public policy KW - Planning KW - Policy sciences KW - Politics, Practical KW - Public administration KW - Administration KW - Civil government KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Government KW - Political theory KW - Political thought KW - Politics KW - Science, Political KW - Social sciences KW - State, The UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:118306571 AB - This volume provides a methodological toolbox for conducting policy research. Recognizing that policy research spans various academic disciplines, each of which takes a different view on causality, the volume introduces a methodologically pluralistic approach to policy studies. Each chapter clarifies the research question that each technique can answer, the research design and data treatment that each technique requires for its results to be sound, the validity domain of its results, and the actual deployment of the technique through a replicable example. Techniques covered include quasi-experimental designs, approaches to account for selection bias and observed imbalances, directed acyclic graphs and structural equation models, Qualitative Comparative Analysis, Bayesian case study and process tracing, and Agent-Based Modelling. By working through the volume, readers will understand how to learn from different techniques, apply them consciously, and triangulate them to make better sense of findings. This volume is intended for advanced academic courses, as well as scholars and practitioners in policy-related fields, such as political science, economics, sociology, and public administration. This is an open access book. ER -