An analytic narrative approach to puzzles and problems

Problems and Methods in the Study of Politics

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 201-226

  Levi, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511492174.010     Document Type: Chapter

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