Odious comparisons: Incommensurability, the case study, and "small N's" in sociology

Sociological Theory

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 371-400

  Steinmetz, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1111/j.0735-2751.2004.00225.x     Document Type: Review

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