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The Strategy of Paired Comparison: Toward a Theory of Practice

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Paired comparison is a strategy of political analysis that has been widely used but seldom theorized. This is because it is often assimilated to single-case studies or regarded as a degenerate form of multicase analysis. This article argues that paired comparison is a distinct strategy of comparative analysis with advantages that both single-case and multicase comparisons lack. After reviewing how paired comparison has been dealt with in comparative politics, the article details a number of its advantages and pitfalls, illustrates them through the work of four major pairing comparativists, and proposes what is distinct about the strategy. It closes with a number of suggestions for using paired comparison more effectively.

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Comparative Political Studies

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Thousand Oaks : sage publisher., 2010

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English

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00104140

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Vol. 43, No. 2, Feb 2010. pp. 230-259

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Methodology
Comparative Theory
Paired comparison
The Strategy of Paired Comparison

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