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Introduction -- The Logic of Comparative Inquiry in Sport |
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PART I WHY COMPARE SPORTING NATIONS -- PHILOSOPHICAL ASSUMPTIONS AND THEORETICAL APPROACHES |
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Chapter 1 Is It Possible to Compare Apples With Oranges? The Difficulties, Challenges and Limitations of Comparing Sporting Nations |
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The Comparative Approach -- Comparing Apples With Oranges |
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Recognising the Limitations of Comparative Analysis |
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The Elite Sport Policy/Management Domain -- The Global Sporting Arms Race |
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Challenges and Limitations of Comparative Inquiry in Sport |
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Chapter 2 Knowledge Claims and Philosophical Assumptions of Comparing Sporting Nations |
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Knowledge Claims and Philosophical Assumptions |
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Strategies of Inquiry -- Methodology, Method and Sources |
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Methodology -- Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed-Methods |
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Methods -- The Experimental, the Statistical and the Comparative Method |
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Sources -- Case-Oriented vs. Variable-Oriented Approaches |
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Chapter 3 Why Compare Sporting Nations? Purpose, Goals and Level of Analysis |
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Why Compare? Motivations for Comparison |
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Use of Theory in Comparative Inquiry |
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Level of Analysis -- Macro, Meso and Micro |
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PART II HOW TO COMPARE SPORTING NATIONS -- METHODS, PROTOCOL AND PRACTICE |
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Chapter 4 Selecting Countries (Sampling) |
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The Nation State -- Appropriate Unit of Analysis? |
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Large-N/Small-N Approaches to Comparison |
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Large-N/Small-N -- The Methodological Trade-Off |
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Most Similar System Designs/Most Different System Designs |
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Choosing Between MSSD/MDSD Approaches |
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Moving Beyond the MSSD/MDSD Distinction |
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Chapter 5 Ensuring Construct, Sample and Functional Equivalence |
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Chapter 6 Data Collection, Analysis and Outputs |
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Data Collection -- Access and Analysis |
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Participant (Sample) Recruitment |
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Data Access/Availability Issues -- Quality and Quantity |
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Researcher Convenience and Selection Bias |
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Cross-Sectional Data Limitations |
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Funding and Resource Constraints |
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Data Output -- Presentation and Generalisation |
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Data Reduction/Oversimplification |
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Overstating Study Findings |
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Indeterminant Study Findings |
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Misinterpretation of Generalisability |
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PART III DECONSTRUCTING COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS: COMMON THEMES AND NEW DIRECTIONS |
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Chapter 7 Comparative Analysis Within Sport: Challenging the Orthodoxy and Avoiding the Doldrums |
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Advancing Comparative Sport Research |
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Key Chapter Reading - Comparing Sporting Nations |
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Key Concepts (By Authors) |
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References |
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About the Authors |
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