A practical guide to the comparative case study method in political psychology

Political Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 369-391

  Kaarbo, Juliet ^a   Beasley, Ryan K ^a  

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Author keywords

Case study; Comparative method; Research design

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033137487     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00149     Document Type: Article

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