PAP 3310 Lecture 9: PAP3310 - Lecture 9

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Public Administration
• Course: PAP 3310
• Professor: Ivan Katchanovski

Document Summary

Analysis of a single case/phenomenon: country, policy decision, political party, politician, conflict, in-depth. Descriptive: collecting and examining data and no theory. Debates: study of a single country as a single case. Generalizability: can provide understanding about similar individuals, groups, countries, events, etc. Typically comparison of two or a few cases: small-n analysis (n is # of cases, qualitative. Countries: education in canada and u. s. Provinces in one country: environmental policy in ontario and quebec, etc. Comparison of similar cases/political systems/countries to explain differences in the issue/outcome/dependent variable: similar economies and democratic political systems in canada and the. U. s: different strength of labor unions in canada and the u. s. Different political histories/values/political culture of canada and the u. s. Dissimilar systems/cases/countries produce similar outcomes: no significant differences in the system/outcome being analyzed in dissimilar systems/cases/countries, common factor which produces the same outcome. Public healthcare systems in canada and cuba.