Conceptual “stretching” revisited: Adapting categories in comparative analysis

American Political Science Review

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 845-855

  Collier, David ^a   Mahon, James E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0000651251     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2938818     Document Type: Article

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