If similarity is the challenge - Congruence analysis should be part of the answer

European Political Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-73

  Haverland, Markus ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case study; Comparative method; Comparative politics; Research design

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149120169     PISSN: 16804333     EISSN: 16820983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/eps.2009.47     Document Type: Article

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