AREA EXPERTS' IMAGES OF AFRICAN NATIONS: A TEST OF A REPUTATIONAL MEASUREMENT APPROACH
In: Comparative political studies: CPS, Band 12, Heft 4, S. 497-510
ISSN: 0010-4140
ARTICLE PRESENTS A TEST OF A JUDGMENTAL MEASUREMENT STRATEGY WHICH HAS BEEN PROPOSED AS A PARTIAL SOLUTION TO SOME PROBLEMS OF CROSS-NATIONAL DATA. A SAMPLE OF AFRICANAREA EXPERTS CODE 39 AFRICAN NATIONS ON SEVERAL SCALES TAPPING ATTRIBUTES CENTRAL TO COMPARATIVE POLITICAL ANALYSIS AND ESPECIALLY RELEVANT TO DEMOCRATIC THEORY.