Theory and Methods in Political Science

David Marsh, Gerry Stoker (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

1995
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-333-61460-0 (ISBN)

Infos

An overview of the state of political science. It assesses the main approaches to the discipline from institutionalism to feminism and the key methodologies from quantitative analysis to comparative studies, and provides an up-to-date account of theories of the state and the distribution of power.

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Theories and Methods in Political Science provides a major new overview of the state of political science comprising specially-commissioned chapters by expert contributors. It assesses the main approaches to the discipline from institutionalism to feminism and the key methodologies from quantitative analysis to comparative studies and provides an up to date account of theories of the state and the distribution of power. A concluding chapter by the editors provides a balance sheet of the state of the discipline and its future priorities.

Inhalt

Introduction - PART 1: APPROACHES - Historical/Institutional Analysis - Normative Political Theory and the Study of Politics - Behavioural Analysis - Rational Choice Theory - Feminism - Discourse Analysis - PART 2: METHODOLOGICAL QUESTIONS - Quantitative Methods - Qualitative Methods - Comparative Study - Structure versus Agency - CONCLUSION - An Assessment of the Current State of Theory and Methods in Political Science - PART 3: THEORIES OF THE STATE AND CIVIL SOCIETY - Pluralism - Elitism - Marxism - Towards a Convergence between Theories of the State - CONCLUSION - An Assessment of the Current State of Theory and Methods in Political Science

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.7.1995
• Zusatzinfo: bibliography
• Verlagsort: Basingstoke
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 157 x 234 mm
• Gewicht: 519 g
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• ISBN-10: 0-333-61460-7 / 0333614607
• ISBN-13: 978-0-333-61460-0 / 9780333614600
• Zustand: Neuware