They are intended rather as categories of convenience pending more detailed comparative work.

Geertz' comparative work on the Balinese state is an early, famous example.

He developed the idea of consumer sovereignty, but insisted that the analysis of demand should be based on historical and comparative institutional work.

In the years since there has been an enormous amount of comparative work undertaken on the Algonquian family.

Similar comparative work is being done with fruit flies and mice.

There is certain amount of comparative work in Siouan-Catawban languages.

The chapter contains his critical responses to their earlier comparative work on developing models for the relationship between media and politics.

The comparative French work in the fourteenth century of rayonnant and flamboyant styles is similar.

This new research has greatly benefited comparative work, and Bradley (2002) incorporates much of the newer data.

Neville is also well known as a religious studies scholar, especially for his comparative work.