Doing political science : an introduction to political analysis
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Doing political science : an introduction to political analysis
Westview Press, 1991
- : cloth
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-190) and index
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
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: cloth ISBN 9780813310022
Description
Offers an overview of the five paradigms of political explanation; those based on rational choice theory, political psychology, community analysis, Marx and Weber. The book examines what these models reveal about politics and the nature of political explanation.
Table of Contents
- The point of departure
- explaining political phenomena - the case of turnout in national elections
- research schools in political science
- how research schools structure research and produce conflicting visions of politics
- how we know when we know - testing claims to knowledge in political science
- what we mean when we call political science a science - ambiguity and certainty in the pursuit of knowledge.
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: pbk ISBN 9780813310039
Description
Written specifically to meet the need for an introductory text covering the various approaches to political explanation, this book will be welcomed by all teachers of political science. The book offers an overview of the five paradigms of political explanation - those based on rational choice theory, political psychology, community analysis, Marx and Weber. The book also examines what these models reveal about politics and the nature of political explanation.
Table of Contents
- The point of departure
- explaining political phenomena - the case of turnout in national elections
- research schools in political science
- how research schools structure research and produce conflicting visions of politics
- how we know when we know - testing claims to knowledge in political science
- what we mean when we call political science a science - ambiguity and certainty in the pursuit of knowledge.
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