Reducing complexity in Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA): Remote and proximate factors and the consolidation of democracy

European Journal of Political Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 751-786

  Schneider, Carsten Q ^a   Wagemann, Claudius ^b  

^a CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

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EID: 33747338425     PISSN: 03044130     EISSN: 14756765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6765.2006.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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