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.

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Why, What, How to Compare

Why? We compare to control variation. First, only through comparison is it possible to establish differences and similarities between cases with respect to some attribute. Without comparison descriptive statements such as “densely populated” would be deprived of meaning. Whether ...

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