1. Comparative-historical analysis: achievements and agendas James Mahoney
and Dietrich Rueschemeyer; Part I. Accumulation of Research: 2.
Comparative-historical analysis and knowledge accumulation in the study of
revolutions Jack A. Goldstone; 3. What we know about the development of
social policy: comparative and historical research in comparative and
historical perspective Edwin Amenta; 4. Knowledge accumulation in
comparative-historical research: the case of democracy and authoritarianism
James Mahoney; Part II. Analytic Tools: 5. Big, slow-moving, and ...
invisible: macro-social processes in the study of comparative politics Paul
Pierson; 6. How institutions evolve: insights from comparative-historical
analysis Kathleen Thelen; 7. Uses of network tools in
comparative-historical research Roger V. Gould; 8. Periodization and
preferences: reflections on purposive action in comparative-historical
social science Ira Katznelson; Part III: Issues of Method: 9. Can one or a
few cases yield gains? Dietrich Rueschemeyer; 10. Strategies of causal
assessment in comparative-historical analysis James Mahoney; 11. Aligning
ontology and methodology in comparative politics; 12. Doubly engaged social
science: the promise of comparative-historical analysis Theda Skocpol.
