Title: Critical comparisons in politics and culture /
Authors: Petersen, Roger Dale, 1959-; Bowen, John R. 1951-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Politics and culture.; Ethnology Comparative method.; Political science Comparative method.; Ethnic relations Political aspects; Nationalism.; Political violence.
Contents: Introduction : critical comparisons / John R. Bowen and Roger Petersen -- National revivals and violence / David D. Laitin -- Mechanisms and structures in comparisons / Roger Petersen -- Comparative methodologies in the analysis of anthropological data / Fredrik Barth -- The role of comparison in the light of the theory of culture / Greg Urban -- Case studies of contemporary job loss / Miriam A. Golden -- Defining the contours of an Islamic reform movement : an essay in successive contrasts / John R. Bowen -- Producing an analytic narrative / Margaret Levi -- Political consciousness on Boa Ventura : 1967 and 1989 compared / Allen Johnson -- Comparisons in the context of a game theoretic argument / Barbara Geddes -- The role of microhistories in comparative studies / John R. Bowen.