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Comparative Historical Archival Research

Comparative historical archival research combines systematic examination of primary archival sources across two or more historical cases — nations, regions, institutions, or time periods — to identify causal patterns, structural similarities, and divergences that single-case histories cannot reveal. It is the method of choice when researchers want to explain why similar or different outcomes emerged across distinct historical contexts using documentary evidence.

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Skocpol, T. (1979). States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia, and China. Cambridge University Press. · ISBN 978-0521294997
Mahoney, J., & Thelen, K. (2015). Comparative-historical analysis in contemporary political science. In J. Mahoney & K. Thelen (Eds.), Advances in Comparative-Historical Analysis. Cambridge University Press. · URL

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