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Comparative politics

distorting a concept by applying it to cases it does not fit, rather than moving up or down a ladder of abstraction.

In comparative politics, conceptual stretching refers to distorting a concept by applying it to cases it does not fit, rather than moving up or down a ladder of abstraction. This meaning comes from Sartori (1970) in American Political Science Review.[1]

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References

Sartori, G. (1970). Concept Misformation in Comparative Politics. American Political Science Review, 64(4), 1033-1053. https://doi.org/10.2307/1958356

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