Putting the Comparison in Words: Analysis of Practices Vol. 19, 2012/1 - pagesPages 7 to 17Sorting the Strands of Comparative AccountsBy Émilie Courtin, Bleuwenn Lechaux, Élise Roullaud, Marianne WoollvenPages 19 to 38Writing about Contrast beyond Typologies: The Contribution of “Entangled History” and International ComparisonBy Natacha GallyPages 39 to 59Can the Tensions between Generalization and Singularity Be Resolved by Comparative Writing?By Vincent BéalPages 61 to 74Writing a Comparison When Inputs Are Asymmetrical: An Analysis of Engagement in Brazilian Participatory MechanismsBy Marie-Hélène Sa Vilas BoasPages 75 to 93The Problems of Sociological Language in International Comparisons: The Case of Social Movement Media in Chiapas and PalestineBy Benjamin FerronPages 95 to 113Structuring the Comparison through the Experience of WritingBy Colin GiraudPages 115 to 137The Trajectories of Decentralization in France and Chile: A Comparative Approach of “Convergences” and “Reappropriations”By Carolina Gutiérrez RuizPages 139 to 142ReviewBy Élodie M. Bordat