Offering students and researchers in the behavioural and social sciences a brief and accessible introduction to the comparative method, it is ideal for students of public administration, policy, sociology, political science, social psychology, and international relations. It provides readers with basic guidelines for comparative research by addressing all key methodological issues.

Control

This chapter deals with two related issues. First, the comparability of cases. Second, how it is possible to reduce, and possibly eliminate, the influence of “third variables” on the relationship between independent and dependent variables under investigation, that is, variables the researcher wants to control for. ...

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