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21 kwi 2009 · This study defines causal mechanisms as portable concepts that explain how and why a hypothesized cause, in a given context, contributes to a particular outcome. In turn, it defines context as the relevant aspects of a setting in which an array of initial conditions leads to an outcome of a defined scope and meaning via causal mechanisms.
define causal mechanisms as relatively abstract concepts or patterns of action that can travel from one specific instance, or “episode” (Tilly, 2001, p. 26), of causation to another and that explain how a hypothesized cause
10 lip 2015 · The ten best practices Bennett and Checkel propose centre on two main themes. First, the authors argue that process tracers ought to deduce the observable implications of both (1) the mechanism they hypothesize connects cause and effect, and (2) alternative mechanisms for this connection postulated in the literature.
29 maj 2022 · The outcompeting mechanism as a complex causal mechanism, which is further detailed and empirically traced in Chaps. 3 and 4, can serve here to illustrate our theoretical considerations. It explains how competition between political parties in a democratic setting leads to social policy expansion.
10 lis 2011 · Identifying causal mechanisms is a fundamental goal of social science. Researchers seek to study not only whether one variable affects another but also how such a causal relationship arises.
Causal mechanisms are explanatory tools to unpack the “black boxes” separating the input and output of models. Unlike causal mechanisms, process patterns do not require such a black box. They refer to recurrent sequences of interaction ob-served across any number of empirical domains.
27 cze 2024 · Modern political science fundamentally revolves around establishing whether there are causal relationships between important concepts. This is rarely straightforward, and serves as the basis for almost all scientific controversies.
