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The Terms and Relations of Comparison, Referential and Relative Processes

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Karl-Dieter Opp has a passion for precision. This passion for precision shines through all his contributions - theoretical, empirical, methodological. And it animates every undertaking and every collaboration. To honor Karl-Dieter Opp and celebrate his contributions to social science, I take his spirit to the realms in which I am currently working and attempt to render more precise some words we use every day.

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Jasso, G. (2008). The Terms and Relations of Comparison, Referential and Relative Processes. In: Diekmann, A., Eichner, K., Schmidt, P., Voss, T. (eds) Rational Choice: Theoretische Analysen und empirische Resultate. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-90866-3_15

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