The measurer's dilemma: Coordination failures in cross-national political data collection

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 237-266

  Schedler, Andreas ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DOCENCIA ECONÓMICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

comparative politics; coordination failure; cross national data; data collection; data regulation; political measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953038600     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414011421308     Document Type: Article

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