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Publicados in Politics, Science, Political Science
Autor Ingo Rohlfing

Der Mitgliederentscheid der SPD über den Koalitionsvertrag ist angelaufen. Je mehr Zeit seit der Ankündigung verstrichen ist, umso stärker und wilder scheint die Kritik zu werden, so dass ich nun doch einen Blogeintrag dazu schreibe (was eh wieder Zeit wurde). Aufgrund der Anhäufung von Kritik werde ich die über die nächsten Tage mehrere Einträge daraus machen. Alle Staatsgewalt geht vom Volke aus.

Publicados in Politics, Science, Political Science
Autor Ingo Rohlfing

Qualitative Methods (i.e., process tracing, set theoretic methods, informal Bayesian inference etc.) and multi-method research, in particular the combination of regression analysis or QCA with case studies, are certainly a growth industry in political science and sociology. In light of some methods panels held at the APSA Annual Meeting in Chicago and the ECPR General Conference in Bordeaux, this might actually come as a surprise.

Publicados in Politics, Science, Political Science
Autor Ingo Rohlfing

In the case study literature, one new pair of terms has been established by the field that concerns the distinction between data set observations and causal process observations . In short, Collier, Brady, and Seawright (2004: Sources of Leverage in Causal Inference: Toward an Alternative View of Methodology. Brady, Henry E. and David Collier (eds.): Rethinking Social Inquiry.

Publicados in Politics, Science, Political Science
Autor Ingo Rohlfing

At the end of last week, I came across a blog entry by Olaf Storbeck, reporting that a rising star from German business economics, Prof. Ulrich Lichtenthaler, is faced with numerous inquiries concerning his publishing record. Two journals have already retracted three of his articles and additional articles are under scrutiny.

Publicados in Politics, Science, Political Science
Autor Ingo Rohlfing

Alt-Bundespräsident Roman Herzog wird von Focus mit den Worten zitiert: „Im Prinzip ist die Fünf-Prozent-Hürde nicht mehr zeitgemäß. Eigentlich müssten wir die Hürde nach oben setzen.“ Die Begründung: Vor dem Hintergrund von immer mehr kleineren Parteien werde der Bundeskanzler/die Bundeskanzlerin ansonsten „nicht mehr von einer großen Mehrheit der Bevölkerung getragen“. Dies sieht Herzog als eine Gefährdung der parlamentarischen Demokratie.

Publicados in Politics, Science, Political Science
Autor Ingo Rohlfing

Recently, Frontal 21 – a German newscast – reported about the handling of error in treatments under German health care law (about which I am not an expert). A lawyer specializing in health care law explained that it is very difficult to win lawsuits against medical doctors (MD’s) because the patient claiming to experience treatment error has to substantiate this claim (except for grave treatment error). Particularly problematic are cases where

Publicados in Politics, Science, Political Science
Autor Ingo Rohlfing

The current APSA Comparative Politics Newsletter is dedicated to “Doing Comparative Politics Elsewhere” (i.e. , outside of the US). Thomas Plümper contributes a discussion on Comparative Politics in Europe. In brief, Plümper argues that, until recently, the field of Comparative Politics (CP) has been dominated by qualitative methods.