Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Research Strategies in the New Environment -- I: ANALYSES ACROSS OBSERVATIONS -- 3. Ordinary Least Squares and Logistic Regression Analysis -- 4. Linear Structural Equation Models -- 5. Categorical Data Analysis: Log-linear and Latent Class Models -- 6. Modelling Context and Heterogeneity: Applying Multilevel Models -- II: ANALYSES ACROSS TIME -- 7. It's about Time: Modelling Political and Social Dynamics -- 8. Cointegration and Modelling the Long Run -- 9. Modelling Space and Time: The Event History Approach -- III: NEW PERSPECTIVES -- 10. The Glass Bead Game: Testing Game-theoretic Models -- 11. Political Analysis in a World without Foundations -- 12. Discourse Theory and Political Analysis -- References -- Index -- NAME INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- SUBJECT INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.