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Research Articles

Tolerance in QCA: moving debates on design, calibration, analysis, and interpretation in QCA forward in macrocomparative resarch

Pages 189-201 | Received 23 Mar 2021, Accepted 18 Oct 2022, Published online: 24 Jan 2023

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