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2. Factors driving collaboration in natural resource conflict management: Evidence from Romania.
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Hossu, Constantina Alina, Ioja, Ioan Cristian, Susskind, Lawrence E., Badiu, Denisa L., and Hersperger, Anna M.
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NATURAL resources , *CONFLICT management , *LEADERSHIP , *COMPARATIVE studies , *UNCERTAINTY - Abstract
A critical challenge in natural resource management is to bring all stakeholders together to negotiate solutions to critical problems. However, various collaborative approaches to heading off conflicts and resolving natural resource management disputes have been used. What drives these efforts, however, still needs further research. Our study provides a systematic look at the drivers likely to initiate collaborative problem-solving efforts in four cases in Romania. We use Emerson’s et al. (2012) framework for collaborative governance and multi-value qualitative comparative analysis (mvQCA) to analyze cases involving endangered species, restrictions on forest harvest, conflicts associated with infrastructure development projects, and disputes over the management of environmentally sensitive areas. Our findings contribute to the already existing collaborative governance literature indicating which of the four factors: uncertainty, interdependence, consequential incentives, and leadership, in which combination, are necessary and sufficient to spur collaborative resource management efforts. Our results showed that in Romania the initiation of collaboration is best explained by positive consequential incentives (i.e., financial opportunities) which has determined leaders to take initiative. This study provides additional information for the complicated process of natural resource management which is often overriding collaboration by investigating what enables and constrains collaborative efforts in a country where natural resources were managed and used according to the principles of central planning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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3. Ursachen der Privatisierung des Maßregelvollzugs in Deutschland. Eine QCA im Bundesländervergleich.
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Stoiber, Michael and Töller, Annette
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- 2016
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4. Analyzing multilevel data with QCA: yet another straightforward procedure.
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Thiem, Alrik
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DATA analysis ,SOCIAL sciences ,SCIENTIFIC literature ,QUALITATIVE research ,CONTEXTUAL analysis - Abstract
A significant body of social-scientific literature has developed contextual theories. In a recent contribution to Quality & Quantity, Denk and Lehtinen (Qual Quant 48(6):3475-3487, ) present Comparative Multilevel Analysis (CMA) as an innovative method whereby the effects of contexts on outcomes of interest can be studied configurationally if combined with Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). In contradistinction, I argue that CMA is neither innovative in nor necessary for ascertaining the influence of context in a configurational-comparative manner. QCA is appreciably more powerful than the authors acknowledge and provides all required functionality. In repetition of Rohlfing's (Int J Soc Res Methodol 15(6):497-506, ) verdict on Denk's (Int J Soc Res Methodol 13(1):29-39, ) earlier version of CMA, I conclude that QCA need not be extended in the direction proposed by Denk and Lehtinen. Researchers interested in the contextual analysis of configurational data are well-served by the existing toolbox of QCA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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5. Parameters of fit and intermediate solutions in multi-value Qualitative Comparative Analysis.
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Thiem, Alrik
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QUALITATIVE research ,COMPARATIVE studies ,FUZZY systems ,SET theory ,COUNTERFACTUALS (Logic) - Abstract
Multi-value Qualitative Comparative Analysis (mvQCA) is a variant of QCA that continues to exist under the shadow of crisp and fuzzy-set QCA. The lack of support for parameters of fit and intermediate solutions has contributed to this undeserved status. This article introduces two innovations that put mvQCA on a par with its two sister variants. First, consistency and coverage as the two most important parameters of fit are generalized. Second, the concepts of easy and difficult counterfactuals for deriving intermediate solutions are imported. I demonstrate how to leverage these features in the QCA software package for the R environment. For researchers who do not use QCA, I explain how to exploit Veitch-Karnaugh maps instead for solving set-theoretic minimization problems of low to moderate complexity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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6. How Satisfaction Is Achieved in the Implementation Phase of Large Transportation Infrastructure Projects: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis Into the A2 Tunnel Project.
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Verweij, Stefan and Gerrits, Lasse M.
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PROJECT management ,TUNNEL design & construction ,INFRASTRUCTURE (Economics) ,TRANSPORTATION ,COMPARATIVE studies ,PUBLIC-private sector cooperation - Abstract
In the implementation phase of transportation infrastructure projects, unplanned events will inevitably occur. Although this is increasingly acknowledged, little systematic research has been conducted into what management strategies are best for dealing with these unplanned events. This article investigates how managers respond to unplanned events that occur in the context of a project during implementation, and which management responses produce satisfactory outcomes. To evaluate what strategies work in what contexts, we introduce multi-value Qualitative Comparative Analysis (mvQCA) and apply it to the Dutch A2 Maastricht transportation infrastructure project (the Netherlands). We produced systematic evidence that (a) internally oriented private management is associated with low satisfaction; (b) externally oriented management is associated with high satisfaction in responding to social, local unplanned events; and (c) that internally oriented management is associated with high satisfaction, depending in particular on the nature of the cooperation between principal and contractor in the project. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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7. Navigating the Complexities of Qualitative Comparative Analysis: Case Numbers, Necessity Relations, and Model Ambiguities.
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Thiem, Alrik
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COMPARATIVE studies , *EMPIRICAL research , *NECESSITY (Philosophy) , *AMBIGUITY , *PROFESSIONAL standards - Abstract
The article discusses the study which aims to raise awareness of the pitfalls of implementing Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) with regard to three central aspects including case numbers, necessity relations, and model ambiguities. It states the use of empirical research to explain the background of pitfalls and introduce procedures. It mentions that if users are aware of pitfalls and avoid mechanistic adherence to doubtful standards of good practice.
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- 2014
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8. Multi-Value Qualitative Comparative Analysis (MVQCA)--A New Tool for Cross-National Research.
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Berg-Schlosser, Dirk and Cronqvist, Lasse
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COMPARATIVE studies , *RESEARCH , *INFORMATION resources , *THEORY , *COMPUTER software - Abstract
During the last decade, Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA), based on the work of Charles Ragin, has increasingly been used in cross-national research. There have, however, been severe limitations in terms of the available software and with regard to the necessity to employ only dichotomised variables with a subsequent loss of information. The present authors have developed a new tool eliminating several of the previous limitations incorporating now the possibility to use multi-value variables. This is demonstrated employing examples from empirical democratic theory, also contrasting the results with more standard quantitative procedures. ..PAT.-Conference Proceeding [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005
9. Unifying Configurational Comparative Methods: Generalized-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis.
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Thiem, Alrik
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SET theory , *QUALITATIVE research , *COMPARATIVE studies , *FUZZY sets , *SOCIOLOGICAL research - Abstract
Crisp-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis, fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA), and multi-value Qualitative Comparative Analysis (mvQCA) have emerged as distinct variants of QCA, with the latter still being regarded as a technique of doubtful set-theoretic status. Textbooks on configurational comparative methods have emphasized differences rather than commonalities between these variants. This article has two consecutive objectives, both of which focus on commonalities. First, but secondary in importance, it demonstrates that all set types associated with each variant can be combined within the same analysis by introducing a standardized notational system. By implication, any doubts about the set-theoretic status of mvQCA vis-à-vis its two sister variants are removed. Second, but primary in importance and dependent on the first objective, this article introduces the concept of the multivalent fuzzy set variable. This variable type forms the basis of generalized-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (gsQCA), an approach that integrates the features peculiar to mvQCA and fsQCA into a single framework while retaining routine truth table construction and minimization procedures. Under the concept of the multivalent fuzzy set variable, all existing QCA variants become special cases of gsQCA. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2014
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10. Dispute Resolution and Collaborative Decision-Making: What Accounts for Their Effectiveness? The Case of Romania
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Adrian Dușa, Ioan Cristian Iojă, Maria Pătroescu, Anna M. Hersperger, and Constantina Alina Hossu
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Process management ,Process (engineering) ,media_common.quotation_subject ,joint action ,Geography, Planning and Development ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,02 engineering and technology ,010501 environmental sciences ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,01 natural sciences ,Dispute resolution ,Political science ,mvQCA ,Natural resource management ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,media_common ,environmental conflicts ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,Qualitative comparative analysis ,Romania ,021107 urban & regional planning ,Building and Construction ,shared motivation ,Natural resource ,Group decision-making ,Negotiation ,Collaborative governance - Abstract
Collaborative dispute resolution is essential in natural resource management in the process of negotiating solutions to environmental issues. Our study aims to look at the factors which appear to contribute to the effectiveness of collaborative problem-solving efforts in case studies of environmental conflicts in Romania. The selected case studies illustrate conflicts over the management of natural resources, human-wildlife conflicts, as well as conflicts between development and conservation. A framework for collaborative governance and the multi-value qualitative comparative analysis (mvQCA) method are used to assess and compare 27 case studies in order to identify the factors that bring about success in the resolution of the conflicts in question. Our results indicate that a combination of different characteristics of shared motivation and joint action is sufficient for reaching agreement on the contested issues. However, most of the agreements are not stable due to political and administrative reasons. This study discusses the opportunities and constraints under which collaborative efforts unfold in the case studies. It could also help managers to enhance collaboration in the resolution process for environmental conflicts in the future.
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- 2019
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11. Dispute Resolution and Collaborative Decision-Making: What Accounts for Their Effectiveness? The Case of Romania.
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Hossu, Constantina Alina, Iojă, Ioan Cristian, Pătroescu, Maria, Dușa, Adrian, and Hersperger, Anna M.
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Collaborative dispute resolution is essential in natural resource management in the process of negotiating solutions to environmental issues. Our study aims to look at the factors which appear to contribute to the effectiveness of collaborative problem-solving efforts in case studies of environmental conflicts in Romania. The selected case studies illustrate conflicts over the management of natural resources, human-wildlife conflicts, as well as conflicts between development and conservation. A framework for collaborative governance and the multi-value qualitative comparative analysis (mvQCA) method are used to assess and compare 27 case studies in order to identify the factors that bring about success in the resolution of the conflicts in question. Our results indicate that a combination of different characteristics of shared motivation and joint action is sufficient for reaching agreement on the contested issues. However, most of the agreements are not stable due to political and administrative reasons. This study discusses the opportunities and constraints under which collaborative efforts unfold in the case studies. It could also help managers to enhance collaboration in the resolution process for environmental conflicts in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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12. Wars without borders: conditions for the development of regional conflict systems in sub-Saharan Africa
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How and under what conditions does war spread into regions and do regional conflict systems evolve? These systems are defined as geographically bound spaces of insecurity, ones that are characterized by interdependent armed conflicts in which a plurality of actors who concur and/or interact within complex networks, and on different levels of action, participate. The regionalization of armed conflict is conceptualized as either the geographical diffusion to a new territory or as the escalation of violence within the very same territory, with the involvement therein of a multiplicity of actors. The processes of diffusion and escalation of civil war in potential and existent regional conflict systems in sub-Saharan Africa between 1989 and 2010 are analyzed with the help of a multivalue Qualitative Comparative Analysis (mvQCA). By using such a QCA, it is possible to compare several different cases and produce results that go beyond the ones thus far discovered from small-N analyses. By comparing 12 cases it is also possible to identify the causal relationships and interactions between variables. The analysis shows that, in the cases compared, four specific conditions lead to a regional spread of violence: economic networks sustained through the support of neighboring countries; an intervention on the part of the government; militarized refugees; and, non-salient regional identity groups.
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13. Wars without borders: conditions for the development of regional conflict systems in sub-Saharan Africa
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Nadine Ansorg
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Eskalation ,Sub saharan ,escalation ,Sociology and Political Science ,conflict research ,Politikwissenschaft ,Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Sicherheitspolitik ,civil war ,Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy ,conflict management ,violence ,Afrika südlich der Sahara ,Development economics ,mvQCA ,Sociology ,Political science ,Africa South of the Sahara ,Gewalt ,diffusion ,regional factors ,Spanish Civil War ,Konfliktregelung ,Political Science and International Relations ,ddc:320 ,Conflict management ,regionale Faktoren ,Konfliktforschung ,Bürgerkrieg - Abstract
How and under what conditions does war spread into regions and do regional conflict systems evolve? These systems are defined as geographically bound spaces of insecurity, ones that are characterized by interdependent armed conflicts in which a plurality of actors who concur and/or interact within complex networks, and on different levels of action, participate. The regionalization of armed conflict is conceptualized as either the geographical diffusion to a new territory or as the escalation of violence within the very same territory, with the involvement therein of a multiplicity of actors. The processes of diffusion and escalation of civil war in potential and existent regional conflict systems in sub-Saharan Africa between 1989 and 2010 are analyzed with the help of a multivalue Qualitative Comparative Analysis (mvQCA). By using such a QCA, it is possible to compare several different cases and produce results that go beyond the ones thus far discovered from small- N analyses. By comparing 12 cases it is also possible to identify the causal relationships and interactions between variables. The analysis shows that, in the cases compared, four specific conditions lead to a regional spread of violence: economic networks sustained through the support of neighboring countries; an intervention on the part of the government; militarized refugees; and, non-salient regional identity groups.
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- 2014
14. Konfigurationelle Analyse mit Multi-Value QCA als Methode der Vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft mit einem Fallbeispiel aus der Vergleichenden Parteienforschung (Erfolg Grüner Parteien in den achtziger Jahren)
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Cronqvist, Lasse and Berg-Schlosser, Dirk (Prof.)
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Politik ,QCA ,FOS: Political science ,Methodology ,Political science -- Politik ,Methodologie ,MVQCA ,Grüne Parteien ,Vergleichende politische Wissenschaft ,Parteienforschung ,ddc:320 ,QCA, Grüne Parteien, Parteienforschung, MVQCA ,Comparative Politics, Methodology, QCA, Green Parties, MVQCA ,Political science ,2007 ,Comparative Politics ,Green Parties - Abstract
Die Dissertation gliedert sich in zwei Teile: Im ersten Teil wird die MVQCA Methode entwickelt und in den Kontext konfigurationell-vergleichender Analyse eingeordnet. Dazu wird zuerst die Gruppe der konfigurationell-vergleichenden Methoden allgemein vorgestellt und auf die Besonderheiten dieser Methoden gegenüber anderen methodischen Ansätzen der Vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft eingegangen. Die von Charles Ragin (1987) entwickelte „Qualitative Comparative Analysis“ (QCA)-Methode wird im Detail vorgestellt, wobei die einzelnen Rechenschritte ebenso diskutiert werden wie eine Reihe von Problemen, welche mit der Analyse mit QCA verknüpft sind. Darauf folgend wird dann die mehrwertige Erweiterung von QCA, Multi-Value QCA, ausgearbeitet. Diese erlaubt es, mehrwertige Variablen (Konditionen) mit den Ideen von QCA zu analysieren. Damit ermöglicht MVQCA eine wesentliche Einschränkung dieser für die Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft wichtigen Methode zu überwinden, da QCA bislang auf die Benutzung dichotomer Werte angewiesen war. Abgerundet wird der Teil zur Methodenentwicklung mit einer Besprechung wesentlicher Anwendungsprobleme von sowohl MVQCA als auch QCA. Zur Illustration der Anwendung von MVQCA wird dann im zweiten Teil eine Studie zu dem Erfolg der Grünen Parteien in den achtziger Jahren durchgeführt. Dabei soll der Frage nachgegangen werden, warum die in den siebziger und achtziger Jahren entstandenen Grünen Parteien in vielen Staaten erfolgreich waren, während dies in anderen Staaten nicht der Fall war. Neben der inhaltlichen Analyse soll die Untersuchung auch dem Zweck dienen, die Anwendungsbedingungen und Probleme von MVQCA aufzuweisen. Es sind bereits von anderen Autoren einige wichtige Faktoren des Erfolges Grüner Parteien bestimmt worden, allerdings existiert keine eindeutige Erklärung für den unterschiedlichen Erfolg Grüner Parteien. Dazu sollen zuerst kurz die wesentlichen Merkmale Grüner Parteien bestimmt werden, und festgestellt werden, welche Parteien überhaupt als „Grüne Parteien“ im Sinne dieser Untersuchung gelten. Aufbauend auf ältere Studien über den Erfolg Grüner Parteien werden dann erste wesentliche Bedingungen für deren Erfolg ausgemacht. Diese werden folgend mit Hilfe von MVQCA unter der Hinzunahme weiterer Konditionen zu einem einheitlichen Erklärungsmuster zusammengefügt, welches tatsächlich alle hier untersuchten Fälle zu erklären vermag. Dabei wird gezeigt, dass der Erfolg Grüner Parteien sowohl von politisch-institutionellen Grundbedingungen (Verhältniswahlrecht) wie auch von sozio-ökonomischen wie umweltpolitischen Faktoren abhängig war. Durch die Verwendung von MVQCA lässt sich zeigen, dass diese Faktoren, welche bereits in früherer Forschung untersucht worden sind, nicht einzeln für den Erfolg Grüner Parteien ausschlaggebend waren, sondern nur bei gleichzeitigem Auftreten eine konjunktionale Kausalerklärung für den Erfolg dieser Parteien darstellen können. Bei der Analyse der Erfolgsfaktoren der Grünen Parteien erwiesen sich somit zwei Eigenschaften der MVQCA Analyse als vorteilhaft: Zum einen konnte durch die direkte Implementierung nominaler Variablen wie dem Wahlrecht und dem Bau von Atomkraftwerken eine direkte Implementierung der vermuteten Thesen erfolgen, und so konnte auf eine möglicherweise fehleranfällige Dummy-Operationalisierung verzichtet werden. Zum anderen scheint der Erfolg Grüner Parteien tatsächlich eher mit einem komplexen Kausalmodell faßbar zu sein, da die Grünen Parteien nur in Staaten erfolgreich waren, in denen die gefundenen notwendigen Konditionen gemeinsam auftraten. Im Anhang befinden sich außer den für die Analyse des Erfolges Grüner Parteien benutzten Daten auch die Ausführungen zu den zur Berechnung in MVQCA selbst entworfenen Algorithmen, welche auch in TOSMANA, einem im Rahmen der Dissertation entwickelten Softwareprogramm zur QCA und MVQCA Analyse, enthalten sind., The dissertation is divided in two parts: In the first section, Multi-Value QCA (MVQCA) is developed and described in the context of the groups of configurational-comparative methods. To do so, this group of methods is first introduced and compared to other groups of methods used with comparative analysis in political science. Then, Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) as developed by Charles Ragin is introduced in detail by explaining the epistemological assumption behind and the calculations performed within the method. Building on a discussion of the problems related to the QCA method, the multi valued extension of QCA – MVQCA – is developed, which allows coping with one of the main restrictions of QCA, the compulsory use of dichotomous data. The first part is finished with a discussion of the main problems occurring using QCA and MVQCA. To illustrate the use of MVQCA, a detailed study of the conditions of success of Green Parties is conducted in the second part of the dissertation. The research question is why Green Parties founded in the western democracies in the 1970s and 1980s were successful in some countries, whilst this was not the case in other countries. A number of possible factors that can explain this variation of success has been discussed in previous research, but there has not been given a clear explanation of this phenomenon. In the second part thus, first a short discussion of the nature of Green Parties is given to derive a list of parties, which can be considered as ‘Green Parties’. Then, building on former research on this topic, some first possible conditions of success of Green Parties are identified, which are then joined by the use of MVQCA and the addition of a further condition, to derive an unambiguous explanation of the success of Green Parties, which fits to all cases included in the analysis. It is shown that the success of these parties was dependent on institutional factors (beneficial voting rules) as well as a high socio-economic development and the presence of strong political conflicts on ecological issues, as the introduction of nuclear power energy. By the use of MVQCA it is shown that none of these conditions can account for the variation of success on its own, but that in fact only a concomitance of these factors gives a complex explanation on this question. Beside the used data, a description of the algorithms used with MVQCA as implemented in the TOSMANA (Tool for Small-N Analysis) software is also included in the appendix.
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- 2007
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15. Der Bologna-Prozess im europäischen Vergleich : eine Multi-Value Qualitative Comparative Analysis am Beispiel der Einführung zweigliedriger Studienstrukturen in sieben EU-Staaten
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Heinze, Torben
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QCA ,higher education ,ddc:320 ,Bologna-Prozess [gnd] ,Hochschulpolitik [gnd] ,Europäisierung [gnd] ,MVQCA ,Europeanization - Abstract
Im Jahre 1999 unterzeichneten Bildungsminister aus 29 europäischen Staaten die sogenannte Bologna-Erklärung. Mit diesem Dokument wurde vereinbart, bis 2010 einen gemeinsamen Europäischen Hochschulraum zu schaffen. Trotz der rechtlichen Unverbindlichkeit der Erklärung erfolgten in den jeweiligen Unterzeichnerstaaten eine Vielzahl von entsprechenden Reformen. Dabei bestehen teilweise erhebliche Unterschiede im Umfang des zu beobachtenden innerstaatlichen Wandels. Das Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, Erklärungsfaktoren für die Varianz dieses innerstaatlichen Wandels zu finden. Diese Untersuchung greift auf bestehende theoretische Arbeiten aus angrenzenden politikwissenschaftlichen Gebieten zurück, da zum Untersuchungsgegenstand Hochschulpolitik bis dato nur wenige systematisch-vergleichende und theoretisch-fundierte Arbeiten vorliegen. Der hier verwendete grundlegende Analyserahmen stammt aus der Europäisierungsforschung. Diese befasst sich mit den innerstaatlichen Auswirkungen von Integrationsprozessen auf europäischer Ebene. Zentrale Annahme ist dabei, dass lediglich eine Diskrepanz (misfit) zwischen europäischer und innerstaatlicher Ebene einen Effekt auf nationale Strukturen haben kann. Solch ein misfit kann entweder zu innerstaatlicher Ressourcenumverteilung oder aber Sozialisationsprozessen führen. Beides resultiert in innerstaatlichem Wandel. Ob es tatsächlich zu derartigen Prozessen kommt und damit auch ein innerstaatlicher Wandel zu beobachten ist hängt von bestimmten innerstaatlichen Faktoren (mediating factors) ab, die den Anpassungsdruck, welcher durch den misfit hervorgerufen wird, filtern. Dazu gehören die Anzahl von Vetopunkten im politischen System eines Landes, der Einfluss der zuständigen Ministerialbürokratie, die politische Kultur eines Landes und das Vorhandensein von norm entrepreneurs bzw. change agents. Außerdem werden zwei Kontrollvariablen auf Basis theoretischer Annahmen aus dem Bereich der vergleichenden policy-Forschung erhoben: der Grad der Wissensbasierung der Ökonomie sowie der globale Integrationsgrad des jeweiligen Landes. Für den Hypothesentest wird auf eine relativ neue Methode zurückgegriffen: die Multi-Value Qualitative Comparative Analysis (MVQCA). Durch die Aussortierung logisch überflüssiger Variablen wird dabei gewährleistet, dass eine hohe Anzahl von Variablen auf Basis relativ weniger Fälle zu untersuchen ist. Untersucht werden sieben Mitgliedsstaaten der Europäischen Union (EU), die einen hohen misfit in Bezug auf die Vorgaben der Bologna-Erklärung aufweisen. Schwerpunkt der Analyse bilden die Vorgabe einer zweistufigen Studienstruktur und der output der unterschiedlichen politischen Systeme. Insbesondere zwei Faktoren können dabei den unterschiedlichen Entwicklungsstand des Bologna-Prozesses im Falle eines hohen misfit tatsächlich erklären: die Anzahl der Vetopunkte in einem politischen System sowie der Einfluss der hochschulpolitischen Ministerialbürokratie auf den politischen Entscheidungsprozess. Diese Studie leistet damit einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Erforschung der hochschulpolitischen Anpassungsprozesse in Europa. Darüber hinaus zeigen die Ergebnisse, dass der verwendete Analyseansatz eine geeignete Grundlage für weitere Forschungsvorhaben darstellt. Gerade in Verbindung mit makro-qualitativen Methoden wie MVQCA.
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- 2005
16. Conditions for Island Autonomy : Statsvetarförbundets årsmöte
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The investigation is focusing on why island autonomy occurs. Our point of departure considers three European autonomous islands: the Azores, the Faeroe Islands and the Isle of Man. Since the nation-building process has had a long tradition in Europe, we claim that the circumstances have been prosperous for islands achieving special status within their metropolitan countries. Further we assume that different legal traditions lead to different kinds of autonomy arrangements. The selection has therefore been to include different legal aspects as the Nordic dimension with the Faeroe Islands, the South European tradition (which is a mixture of various other traditions) represented by the Azores, and the British tradition with no written constitution with Isle of Man as our prime example. The analysis is performed using QCA, MVQCA and Fuzzy Set.
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- 2006
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