ABSTRACT
Analyzing the reasons for the success or failure of national development requires two things. On the one hand, it requires distinguishing the many different kinds of outcomes involved. On the other hand, it requires distinguishing the many different kinds of influences involved. In short, national development involves many distinct processes. Although related processes can be bundled into "models" or "paradigms," evaluating such larger constructs still involves testing each of the individual propositions they entail. The task of comparative analysis is to examine each proposition in a variety of contexts, to see whether the hypothesized relationship between cause and effect remains the same (Przeworski and Teune 1970/1982).
