... manner." * Comparing is to control, consisting of a systematic testing, against as many cases as possible, of sets of hypotheses, generalizations and laws * Comparative Politics is a method of control, then its generalizations have to be checked against all cases, and therefore the enterprise must be - in principle - a global enterprise. * Thus, "The reason for a world-wide comparison is not simply that we live in a wider world; it is also a methodological reason." 2. Quantification and Classification * Concept formation stands prior to qualification: We cannot measure unless we know first what we are measuring * "The switch from classification to gradation consists of replacing the signs 'same-different' with the signs 'same-greater-lesser" * "The logic of either-or cannot be replaced by the logic of more-and-less. Actually the two logics are complementary, and each has a legitimate field of application" * The need of an efficient filing system (possible with the advent ...

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