Set-Theoretic Methods for the Social Sciences: A Guide to Qualitative Comparative Analysis

The publication is an adaptation and translation of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) und fuzzy sets: ein Lehrbuch fur Anwender und jene, die es werden wollen, Leverkusen/Verlag Barbara Budrich, 2007. ISBN: 9783866490680. (http://hdl.handle.net/1814/24076)

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