Qualitative methods: The view from the subfields

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-121

  Bennett, Andrew ^a   Elman, Colin ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American politics; Case studies; Comparative politics; International relations; Qualitative methods; Research design; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846015860     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414006296344     Document Type: Article

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