Research methods and democratization. Rationale ; Overview -- Defining and measuring democracy. Operationalizing concepts ; Measurement ; Consequences for analysis ; Thickening thin concepts ; Conclusion -- Criteria for evaluating causal theories. Three fundamental criteria for good theory ; Multiple paths to theory ; Toward theoretical perfection -- Checklists, frameworks, and Boolean analysis. Conventional wisdoms ; What checklists tell us ; Moving beyond checklists : inductive theoretical frameworks ; Boolean analysis ; Appendix : Coding criteria and sources for checklist demonstration -- Case studies and comparative history. Histories and case studies ; The nature of comparative histories ; Evaluation of the comparative-historical approach ; Appendix -- Formal models and theories. Integration ; Positional models of liberalization ; Positional models of transition and survival ; Economic models of transition and survival ; Evaluating formal theories and models ; Conclusion -- Rigor in extensive and intensive testing. Degrees and kinds of rigor ; Trade-offs between extensive and intensive testing ; Toward testing that is extensive and intensive ; Prospects -- Political culture and survey research. Versions of political culture ; Macro-macro studies ; A comprehensive framework ; Political culture and mass-led regime change or consolidation ; Conclusion -- Quantitative testing. Assumptions of quantitative analysis ; Tests with cross-sectional data ; The complications and advantages of time-series cross-sectional data ; Other dependent variables ; Other explanatory variables ; Conclusion -- An agenda for future research. Concepts and indicators ; Case studies and comparative histories ; Formal models and theories ; Political culture ; Quantitative testing ; Prospects for democratization research.
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