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  • 15 - Conceptual Disaggregation

  • from Research Notes 3
  • Edited by Zachary Elkins, University of Texas, Austin
  • David Collier, University of California, Berkeley
  • Book:
    Working with Concepts
    Published online:
    22 April 2026
    Print publication:
    09 April 2026, pp 312-318
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    Disaggregation has been an underappreciated tool for the formation and utilization of concepts. This chapter argues that disaggregating multidimensional concepts can be useful in four ways. It can (1) resolve dilemmas of “awkward fit,” where some empirical cases seem to fit in the categories established by a concept at best awkwardly, at worst inappropriately; (2) address the challenge of “middle cases”; (3) strengthen measurement validity; and (4) avoid a problem of tautology. The use of disaggregation will be examined with respect to important and complex concepts such as corporatism and democracy.