Review Article: The Mechanismic Worldview: Thinking Inside the Box

By John G Erring. 2007

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Securitization as a causal mechanism (2011, background): “But, conceiving of mechanisms as intervening variables slides back into correlational analysis, now sequentially applied to however many different steps the analyst finds in the process traced (as in Gerring, 2007: 172).”
Unpacking Black Boxes: Mechanisms and Theory Building in Evaluation (2010, background): “In an effort to promote understanding, some scholars have compiled ‘‘running lists’’ of the range of definitions of ‘‘mechanism,’’ which can be found in the literature (Gerring, 2007; Hedström, 2005).”
Context and Causal Mechanisms in Political Analysis (2009, background): “A recent surge of interest in mechanismic explanation (see, e.g., Gerring, 2008; McAdam, Tarrow, & Tilly, 2008) and the concomitant increase in the level of sophistication of qualitative positivist 1143 Authors’ Note: Authors are listed alphabetically and share responsibility.”