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Core versus tangential assumptions in comparative research

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  1. Charles C. Ragin
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Charles C. Ragin is professor of sociology and political science at the University of Arizona. He publishes in the fields of methodology, political sociology, and comparative-historical analysis, with a substantive focus on the welfare state, ethnic political mobilization, and international political economy. His most recent book isFuzzy-Set Social Science (2000).

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Ragin, C.C. Core versus tangential assumptions in comparative research. St Comp Int Dev 40, 33–38 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02686286

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