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Methodological and practical problems of comparative party elites research: the EPPMLE project
Author(s) -
NIEDERMAYER Oskar
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
european journal of political research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.267
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1475-6765
pISSN - 0304-4130
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-6765.1986.tb00833.x
Subject(s) - operationalization , conceptualization , politics , comparative research , empirical research , sociology , political science , positive economics , epistemology , management science , social science , economics , law , computer science , philosophy , artificial intelligence
. Cross‐national empirical research is confronted with several theoretical, methodological and practical problems. Concentrating on theoretical conceptualization, operationalization, design and fieldwork, the research note deals with some of these difficulties on the basis of concrete experiences gathered in the European‐wide organized ‘European Political Parties' Middle Level Elites Project’.