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Process-Tracing Methods: Foundations and Guidelines

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Process-Tracing Methods : Foundations and Guidelines. / Beach, Derek; Pedersen, Rasmus Brun.

2nd ed. University of Michigan Press, 2019. 328 p.

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Beach, D & Pedersen, RB 2019, Process-Tracing Methods: Foundations and Guidelines. 2nd edn, University of Michigan Press. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.10072208

APA

Beach, D., & Pedersen, R. B. (2019). Process-Tracing Methods: Foundations and Guidelines. (2nd ed.) University of Michigan Press. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.10072208

CBE

Beach D, Pedersen RB 2019. Process-Tracing Methods: Foundations and Guidelines. 2nd ed. University of Michigan Press. 328 p. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.10072208

MLA

Beach, Derek and Rasmus Brun Pedersen Process-Tracing Methods: Foundations and Guidelines 2nd udg. University of Michigan Press. 2019. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.10072208

Vancouver

Beach D, Pedersen RB. Process-Tracing Methods: Foundations and Guidelines. 2nd ed. University of Michigan Press, 2019. 328 p. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.10072208

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Beach, Derek ; Pedersen, Rasmus Brun. / Process-Tracing Methods : Foundations and Guidelines. 2nd ed. University of Michigan Press, 2019. 328 p.

Bibtex

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