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The Analytic Narrative Project - Analytic Narratives. By Robert H. Bates, Avner Greif, Margaret Levi, Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, and Barry Weingast. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1998. 296p. $65.00 cloth, $22.95 paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2000

Robert H. Bates ,
Avner Greif ,
Margaret Levi ,
Jean-Laurent Rosenthal  and
Barry R. Weingast
Robert H. Bates
Affiliation:
Harvard University
Avner Greif
Affiliation:
Stanford University
Margaret Levi
Affiliation:
University of Washington
Jean-Laurent Rosenthal
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles
Barry R. Weingast
Affiliation:
Stanford University
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In Analytic Narratives, we attempt to address several issues. First, many of us are engaged in in-depth case studies, but we also seek to contribute to, and to make use of, theory. How might we best proceed? Second, the historian, the anthropologist, and the area specialist possess knowledge of a place and time. They have an understanding of the particular. How might they best employ such data to create and test theories that may apply more generally? Third, what is the contribution of formal theory? What benefits are, or can be, secured by formalizing verbal accounts? In recent years, King, Keohane, and Verba (1994) and Green and Shapiro (1994) have provoked debate over these and related issues. In Analytic Narratives, we join in the methodological discussions spawned by their contributions.

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American Political Science Review , Volume 94 , Issue 3 , September 2000 , pp. 696 - 702
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2000

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