@article{LeClerc_2010, place={Washington DC: American Sociological Association.}, title={Comparative-Historical Methodology}, url={https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/comparative-historical-methodology}, abstractNote={This course is designed to acquaint students with important methods and works in the field of comparative and historical sociological research. As Theda Skocpol tells us: Comparative scholars ask questions about large social structures and processes across time and space, and take into account social and cultural differences among societies or phenomena. The major agenda is to explain social change. Such methods are used to: look for causal regularities in history, to use concepts to interpret history, and to apply general models to history. The research methodologies and the readings are cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary. We will examine selected "classics" in the field of CHS in this course, will analyze methods, and compare works. We will read contemporary writers and discuss their agendas and approaches. Each student will also "practice" methodology in class and in written work. }, journal={TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology}, author={LeClerc, Patrice}, year={2010}, month={Apr.} }