| Description |
xi, 419 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: List of contributors page ix -- Acknowledgments xi -- -- 1. Introduction: problems and methods in the study -- of politics 1 -- IAN SHAPIRO, ROGERS M. SMITH, AND -- TAREK E. MASOUD -- -- -- Part I. Description, explanation, and agency -- -- 2. Problems, methods, and theories in the study of -- politics, or: what's wrong with political science and -- what to do about it 19 -- IAN SHAPIRO -- -- 3. The politics of identities and the tasks of -- political science 42 -- ROGERS M. SMITH -- -- 4. Political science as a vocation 67 -- ANNE NORTON -- -- 5. The politics of policy science 83 -- FRANCES FOX PIVEN -- -- 6. The study of black politics and the practice of black -- politics: their historical relation and evolution 106 -- ADOLPH REED, JR. -- -- 7. External and internal explanation 144 -- JOHN FEREJOHN -- -- -- -- -- Part II. Redeeming rational choice theory? -- -- 8. Lies, damned lies, and rational choice analyses 167 -- GARY W. COX -- -- 9. Problems and methods in political science: rational -- explanation and its limits 186 -- ALAN RYAN -- -- 10. An analytic narrative approach to puzzles and problems 201 -- MARGARET LEVI -- -- 11. The methodical study of politics 227 -- BRUCE BUENO DE MESQUITA -- -- -- Part III. Possibilities for pluralism and convergence -- -- 12. The illusion of learning from observational research 251 -- ALAN S. GERBER, DONALD P. GREEN, AND -- EDWARD H. KAPLAN -- -- 13. Concepts and commitments in the study of democracy 274 -- LISA WEDEEN -- -- 14. Problems chasing methods or methods chasing -- problems? Research communities, constrained -- pluralism, and the role of eclecticism 307 -- RUDRA SIL -- -- 15. Method, problem, faith 332 -- WILLIAM E. CONNOLLY -- -- 16. Provisionalism in the study of politics 350 -- ELISABETH ELLIS -- -- 17. What have we learned? 377 -- ROBERT A. DAHL, TRUMAN F. BEWLEY, SUSANNE -- HOEBER RUDOLPH, AND JOHN MEARSHEIMER -- -- Index 395 |
| Summary |
The study of politics seems endlessly beset by debates about method. This text offers original discussions, eschewing narrow methodological diatribes to explore what political science is and how political scientists show aspire to do their work |
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Politics |
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Politics |
| Notes |
"This volume grew out of a conference on "Problems and Methods in the Study of Politics" held at Yale in December 2002"--Acknowledgements |
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Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Political science -- Study and teaching -- Congresses.
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Political science -- Methodology.
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Political science -- Study and teaching.
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| Genre/Form |
Kongress
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Kongress
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Shapiro, Ian.
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Smith, Rogers M., 1953-
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Masoud, Tarek E.
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MyiLibrary.
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| LC no. |
2005297123 |
| ISBN |
0521831741 hardback |
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0521539439 paperback |
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