Dissimilar Systems

The comparison of dissimilar systems requires the identification of specific patterns of interactions between events that occur in each of the systems involved (Smelser, pp. 220-237). These patterns of interactions provide the researcher with starting points for the development of a methodological approach for the comparison of dissimilar systems. The characteristics that cause systems to be dissimilar can be structured as independent variables that may explain variations in the patterns of interactions between events that are common to each of the systems being compared. These patterns of interaction and their measurements become the dependent variables in the analysis.

Models of development provide a general framework within which the development process within a specific social system may be understood. Such models should not emp

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