Some Methodological Problems in Comparative Politics
Some Methodological Problems in Comparative Politics
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比较政治学中的一些方法论问题
DOI：
10.1177/0951692894006003003
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发表时间：
1994
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通讯作者：
A. M. Faure
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作者：
A. M. Faure
本文试图突出比较政治学中比较的逻辑结构。该框架包括关于比较性质的各种观点，包括构成比较分析基础的认识论概念，例如科学中的发现和辩护的背景，以及逻辑在这些背景中的作用。关于比较的性质，这些不同的观点从(1)最相似的系统设计(MSSD)到(2)最不同的系统设计(MDSD)；(3)镜像这些设计的可能性；(4)比较是科学的内在组成部分，它不应该得到特殊地位的概念；(5)比较的性质如此不同，以至于它不能被分类的概念；(6)比较应该被视为关于战略使用科学方法的辩论。最后，对方法论在比较政治学中的轨迹和作用给出了一般性的结论。
This article attempts to highlight the logical fabric of comparison in comparative politics. The framework encompassing various views on the nature of comparison includes epistemological notions that underlie comparative analysis such as the contexts of discovery and justification in science, as well as the role of logic within these contexts. These various views on the nature of comparison range from (1) the MSSD (Most Similar Systems Design) to (2) the MDSD (Most Different Systems Design); (3) the possibility of mirror-imagng these designs; (4) the notion that comparison is such an intrinsic part of science that it cannot deserve special status; (5) the notion that comparison is of such divergent nature that it cannot be classified; and (6) the view that comparison should be regarded as a debate over the strategic employment of scientific method. In closing, a general conclusion on the locus and role of methodology in comparative politics is offered.