Description:
Process-Tracing in the Social Sciences -- The Three Different Variants of Process-Tracing and Their Uses -- What Are Causal Mechanisms? -- Working with Theories of Causal Mechanisms -- Causal Inference and Process-Tracing Methods -- Developing Empirical Tests of Causal Mechanisms -- Turning Observations into Evidence -- Case Selection and Nesting Process-Tracing Studies in Mixed-Method Designs