Redefining comparative politics : promise versus performance
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Redefining comparative politics : promise versus performance
(Sage library of social research, v. 173)
Sage Publications, c1989
- : hard
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references
Includes index
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Description
Over the past three decades, comparative politics has undergone significant change. It has been transformed from geographically defined studies to comparative analysis and the construction of explanatory theory. This book evaluates the current state of, and trends within, comparative politics. The author reviews the literature in the field and the major topics of research. He argues that the transformation of the discipline, the `revolution in comparative politics', fell well short of its expectations.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Revolutions and Thermidorean Reactions
The Epistemology of Social Science and the Comparative Method
Development, Ethnocentrism and Dependency
Theory and Polemic
Industrial Democracies
Parties and Political Behavior
Micro Level Analysis
Culture, Violence, and Personality
Kremlinology, Autocracies and Comparative Politics
Conclusions
Whither Comparative Politics?
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