A failed state occurs when sovereignty over claimed territory has ...

[jCorn1234]

A failed state occurs when sovereignty over claimed territory has collapsed or was never effectively established at all.
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Question 2

What are the disadvantages of using the qualitative research method in comparative politics?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[abro1885]

Answer to Question 1

True

Answer to Question 2

There are three main disadvantages of qualitative research. First, it produces a causal argument for only the cases being compared, skirting toward the problem of generalizing from the specific. Second, qualitative research may be hampered by relatively unimportant details and degenerate into description without explanation. Without conducting a broad examination of all potentially relevant cases, qualitative research may erroneously overemphasize a causal factor unique to a particular case. Finally, although this problem also sometimes confronts quantitative research, it is often difficult to judge the relative validity of a qualitative argument, because it is impossible to check a scholar's findings. After all, by definition no hard data exist that another scholar could gather again and re-explore with statistical analysis.