Decentering comparative analysis in a globalizing world
"Decentering Comparative Analysis in a Globalizing World aims to go beyond the traditional criticism in comparative analysis. It wants to shed new light on the question of comparing as a form of categorizing. In this perspective, three relevant dimensions to question the naturalized categories...
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| Format: | Edited Volume |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2021]
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| Series: | International comparative social studies
53 |
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International comparative social studies (53)
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| Volumes / Articles: | Show Volumes / Articles. |
| DOI: | 10.1163/9789004466609 |
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| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig: https://brill.com/view/title/57344 Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004466609 Resolving-System, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004466609 
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| Author Notes: | edited by Olivier Giraud and Michel Lallement |
| Summary: | "Decentering Comparative Analysis in a Globalizing World aims to go beyond the traditional criticism in comparative analysis. It wants to shed new light on the question of comparing as a form of categorizing. In this perspective, three relevant dimensions to question the naturalized categories of comparison are mobilized: ethnocentrism, the nation, and academic disciplines. Based on original empirical work, the volume proposes to use comparative categories by mixing and shifting the analytical perspectives. It brings together contributions that come to terms with the historicity of the comparative method in the social sciences. It eventually deals with the key issue of comparability of various cases, in the enlarged context of a globalizing world"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISBN: | 9789004466609 |
| DOI: | 10.1163/9789004466609 |