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This book examines the issues involved in the attempts to compare political systems, and discusses how the methods and results of comparative politics can be improved.
Author : B. Guy Peters
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 26,4 MB
Release : 1998-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780814766682
This book examines the issues involved in the attempts to compare political systems, and discusses how the methods and results of comparative politics can be improved.
Author : Ronald H Chilcote
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 42,81 MB
Release : 2018-02-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0429972318
Extensively revised and updated, this classic text revisits the central problem of searching for mainstream and alternative paradigms to guide us in comparative political inquiry. Building upon the first edition's comprehensive and systematic overview of frameworks, ideologies, and theories, the second edition highlights new directions and developments over the past decade, including the continuation of an ideological political science methodological innovations such as rational-choice, historical, and postbehavioural approaches new emphases on and links between political culture and participation the recasting of modernization theory and the revitalization of class analysis and a thoroughgoing post-Keynesian political economy point of view.The second edition continues the tradition of the first in updating what one reviewer commended as outstanding, excellent annotated bibliographies at the end of each chapter and the thorough survey of the general literature of comparative politics at the end of the book." In addition, the new edition includes an appendix of definitions that facilitate clarity and understanding of political science terminology, important for students at every level from the introductory on up.In a post-Cold War world in which challenges to comparative inquiry abound,ethnic conflict, authoritarian repression, state building and disintegration, new industrialization and postindustrialization, security systems redefined,the search for new paradigms that Theories of Comparative Politics represents gains in importance daily.
Author : F. Dallmayr
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,79 MB
Release : 2010-05-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230618633
Political theory has been traditionally confined to the history of Western political thought from Aristotle to Nietzsche, but this limitation is not tenable in a global age. This text focuses on Islamic, Indian and Far Eastern civilizations, offering readings of classical teachings and contemporary theoretical developments.
Author : Goran Hyden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,19 MB
Release : 2024-01-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781009429498
This book addresses a pertinent issue in comparative politics: how can the discipline do analytical justice to regions of the world that differ historically from the Western experience? For decades the West has served as a baseline against which all other regions are assessed, most recently in studies of democratization. Structural differences between regions have been ignored in favour of explanations based on human agency and institutions. In Theorizing in Comparative Politics, Goran Hyden uses the countries of Africa as an empirical case to demonstrate what a structural approach adds to the comparative study of democracy. Priorities like state-building challenge the effort to shape democratic regimes and call for explanations that recognize the impact of local power dynamics on the prospects for democratic development. Informative and thoughtful, this book sheds light on issues that have been underexplored in the field in recent years.
Author : Michael Freeden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 45,40 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0415632013
This book examines some of the following issues: Is political theory 'Western-centric'? What can we learn from non-Western traditions of political thought? How do we compare different strands of national and regional political thought? Political thought in China, India, the Middle East and Latin America ; Islamic political thought and more. Political thought in the wake of post-colonialism. This is a much-needed overview of this key emerging area and will be of interest to all tsudents of political theory, thought and philosophy.
Author : B. Guy Peters
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 25,43 MB
Release : 1998-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0814766684
This book examines the issues involved in the attempts to compare political systems, and discusses how the methods and results of comparative politics can be improved.
Author : James A. Bill
Publisher : Merrill Publishing Company
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 36,31 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Author : Jennifer S. Holmes
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 36,63 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780739104620
The field of comparative politics traditionally has been divided into two camps: on the one hand, quantitatively driven work on a broad scale; on the other, more qualitative area studies. This edited collection promotes a new approach to comparative politics that transcends the debate about the future of the discipline. The contributors' essays are innovative in their interweaving of case studies of the political situations in particular regions with the project of political theorizing. The chapters take as their points of departure such diverse topics as the liberal tradition in United States politics, the impact of drug-related violence on democratic stability in Colombia, and the relationship between poverty reduction and support for democracy in Mali, thereby resoundingly demonstrating the broad relevance of the volume's unifying theme: theoretically informed comparative analysis. Students of politics, from advanced undergraduates to practicing scholars, will find this volume useful in assessing, analyzing, and uniting the fields of comparative politics and political theory.
Author : Goran Hyden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 22,9 MB
Release : 2024-01-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1009429531
This book addresses a pertinent issue in comparative politics: how can the discipline do analytical justice to regions of the world that differ historically from the Western experience? For decades the West has served as a baseline against which all other regions are assessed, most recently in studies of democratization. Structural differences between regions have been ignored in favour of explanations based on human agency and institutions. In Theorizing in Comparative Politics, Goran Hyden uses the countries of Africa as an empirical case to demonstrate what a structural approach adds to the comparative study of democracy. Priorities like state-building challenge the effort to shape democratic regimes and call for explanations that recognize the impact of local power dynamics on the prospects for democratic development. Informative and thoughtful, this book sheds light on issues that have been underexplored in the field in recent years.
Author : Howard J. Wiarda
Publisher :
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 17,45 MB
Release : 2005
Category :
ISBN : 9780415330923