Comparing and Change : : Orders, Models, Perceptions / / ed. by Silke Schwandt, Rebecca Mertens, Kirsten Kramer, Antje Flüchter.

Comparisons affect various ways of perceiving and interpreting the world, characterized by distinct legitimization strategies and knowledge application routines by different actors. The contributors to this volume explore the link between change and practices of comparing, focusing on order, represe...

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Place / Publishing House:Bielefeld : : Bielefeld University Press, , [2024]
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Year of Publication:2024
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (282 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Modeling and Change
  • Modeling, Ordering, Comparing
  • Making Use of Models
  • World Travel Literature
  • Stadial Change and the Emergence of Comparative Studies in German-Speaking Europe Around 1870–1900
  • Modeling Diversity, Comparability, and Change
  • World Political Change
  • “Models of the World”—“Talking about Change”?
  • Rethinking the Model and Modeling
  • Grounds for Comparison
  • A Contingency-sensitive Theory of Global Change
  • Authors