"Breaks new ground in introducing analytic induction as an approach distinct from qualitative comparative analysis. Charles Ragin's writing is among the clearest, most accessible, and engaging that I know."--Peer C. Fiss, Jill and Frank Fertitta Chair in Business Administration and Professor of Management and Organization, University of Southern California "At a time when methodological debates are becoming increasingly mathematical, this intervention is both refreshingly nontechnical and unusually helpful for qualitative researchers in sociology and political science. Because of its clarity, brevity, and usability, qualitative researchers in the social sciences are going to want a copy of this book."--James Mahoney, Gordon Fulcher Professor in Decision-Making and Professor of Sociology and Political Science, Northwestern University