The dynamics of the early state paradigm
Author : Martin A. van Bakel
Publisher :
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 33,76 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9789051872255
Author : Martin A. van Bakel
Publisher :
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 33,76 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9789051872255
Author : Henri J. M. Claessen
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 19,67 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004081017
Author : Nicola Terrenato
Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,60 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Aegean Sea Region
ISBN : 9781842179673
State Formation in Italy and Greece offers an up-to-date and comprehensive sampler of the current discourse concerning state formation in the central Mediterranean. While comparative approaches to the emergence of political complexity have been applied since the 1950s to Mesopotamia, Mesoamerica, Peru, Egypt and many other contexts, Classical Archaeology as a whole has not played a particularly active role in this debate. Here, for the first time, state formation processes occurring in the Bronze Age Aegean as well as in Iron Age Greece and Italy are explicitly juxtaposed, revealing a complex interplay between similar dynamics and differing local factors. Building upon recent theoretical developments in the origins and functioning of early states, the papers in this volume experiment with a variety of new approaches to old problems. Dual-processual theory, heterarchy, agency theory and weak state theory figure very prominently in the book and offer innovative, context-sensitive comparative frameworks that match the richness of the archaeological and historical record in the Mediterranean. Contributors include scholars working in Etruscan and early Roman archaeology and history, in Aegean archaeology and on the emergence of the Greek polis. A full analytical index further facilitates the cross-referencing of common themes across the geographic scope of the book.
Author : Norman Blaikie
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 19,14 MB
Release : 2017-01-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1509515402
This unique book explains the central role that research paradigms play in the design and conduct of social research. The authors argue that social research should not just describe or confirm a social problem but should seek to find an explanation for it and to do so requires research with eyes philosophically wide open. Important philosophical and practice elements of three widely recognized paradigms Neo-Positive, Interpretive and Critical Realist are carefully elaborated and their use in action illustrated with detailed examples. The authors show that the philosophical assumptions of a chosen paradigm must match those embedded in a characterization of a research problem and its context. This paradigm orientation is shown to be fundamental to appropriately framing a problem, formulating research questions, deciding on a logic of inquiry and selecting and using methods to investigate it. Ultimately, an appropriate paradigm orientation to social research provides a dispassionate, rigorous and effective basis for the production of new social scientific knowledge. Following on from Blaikies Approaches to Social Enquiry and Designing Social Research, this innovative book will be invaluable to upper-level and research students, their lecturers and supervisors, and researchers across the social sciences.
Author : Anthony J. G. Hey
Publisher :
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 11,74 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Computers
ISBN :
Foreword. A transformed scientific method. Earth and environment. Health and wellbeing. Scientific infrastructure. Scholarly communication.
Author : Lars Bo Kaspersen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 26,86 MB
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1107141508
This engaging volume scrutinises the causal relationship between warfare and state formation, using Charles Tilly's work as a foundation.
Author : Thomas S. Kuhn
Publisher : Chicago : University of Chicago Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 16,96 MB
Release : 1969
Category :
ISBN :
Author : John Hogan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 22,2 MB
Release : 2015-07-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 113743404X
The contributors investigate policy paradigms and their ability to explain the policy process actors, ideas, discourses and strategies employed to provide readers with a better understanding of public policy and its dynamics.
Author : Stanley Aronowitz
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 42,77 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780816632947
With increasing globalization, the meaning and role of the nation-state are in flux. At the same time, state theory, which might help to explain such a trend, has fallen victim to the general decline of radical movements, particularly the crisis in Marxism. This volume seeks to enrich and complicate current political debates by bringing state theory back to the fore and assessing its relevance to the social phenomena and thought of our day. Throughout, it becomes clear that, whether confronting the challenges of postmodern and neo-institutionalist theory or the crisis of the welfare state and globalization, state theory still has great analytical and strategic value.
Author : Michael Washburn
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 30,27 MB
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780887066115
This book presents a transpersonal theory of human development. Using a broad range of both Western and Eastern sources, Washburn answers the challenge of Carl Jung. He shows how modern humans can integrate themselves and attain self-realization rather than self-destruction.