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Problems and methods in the study of politics / edited by Ian Shapiro, Rogers M. Smith, and Tarek E. Masoud.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0511229755
  • 9780511229756
  • 9780511231308
  • 051123130X
  • 1280702133
  • 9781280702136
  • 9780511492174
  • 0511492170
  • 9786610702138
  • 6610702136
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Problems and methods in the study of politics.DDC classification:
  • 320/.07 22
LOC classification:
  • JA86 .P76 2004eb
Other classification:
  • 89.03
  • MB 2300
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Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: problems and methods in the study of politics; I. Description, explanation, and agency; II. Redeeming rational choice theory?; III. Possibilities for pluralism and convergence; REFERENCES; 2 Problems, methods, and theories in the study of politics, or: what's wrong with political science and what to do about it; 3 The politics of identities and the tasks of political science; 4 Political science as a vocation; 5 The politics of policy science.
Summary: The study of politics is beset by debates about method. In this book, some of the world's most prominent scholars of politics offer original discussions exploring what political science is and how political scientists should aspire to do their work.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The study of politics is beset by debates about method. In this book, some of the world's most prominent scholars of politics offer original discussions exploring what political science is and how political scientists should aspire to do their work.

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: problems and methods in the study of politics; I. Description, explanation, and agency; II. Redeeming rational choice theory?; III. Possibilities for pluralism and convergence; REFERENCES; 2 Problems, methods, and theories in the study of politics, or: what's wrong with political science and what to do about it; 3 The politics of identities and the tasks of political science; 4 Political science as a vocation; 5 The politics of policy science.

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