Time will tell? temporality and the analysis of causal mechanisms and processes

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1267-1297

  Grzymala Busse, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

causation; duration; mechanisms; sequence; tempo; temporality; timing

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052811583     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414010390653     Document Type: Article

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