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How Do they Know? Practicing Knowledge in Comparative Perspective

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Acknowledgments

We want to thank Andrew Deener, Owen Whooley and Gabi Abend for their fruitful suggestions and pointed criticisms on previous drafts of this article, and Javier Auyero for allowing us the opportunity to edit this issue. The usual disclaimers apply.

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  1. Sociology Department, University of Connecticut, 344 Mansfield Road, Storrs, CT, 06269-2068, USA

    Claudio E. Benzecry

  2. School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Research, Cornwallis NE, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NF, UK

    Monika Krause

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Benzecry, C.E., Krause, M. How Do they Know? Practicing Knowledge in Comparative Perspective. Qual Sociol 33, 415–422 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11133-010-9159-8

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