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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
[Mostly] Required Reading,
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This review is from: The Oxford Handbook of Contextual Political Analysis (Oxford Handbooks of Political Science) (Paperback)
I would highly recommend this text to anyone pursuing an degree in the social sciences, as well as to anyone who is philosophically inclined with their politics. Firstly, as an Oxford Handbook the text is both generally organized and discursive; 3-6 essays are offered on each topic, and each differs in its angle (multifaceted perspectives for a multifaceted topic). Secondly, the text is a cross-section of non-"rational choice" scholarship; the economic model typically dominates political science textbooks, but "Contextual Political Analysis" allows just what its title advertises: a framework for formalizing the mechanisms of context. The "rational choice" school is great, but confronts huge hurdles when it comes to quantifying aesthetic values that play into political behavior (public understandings of justice, traditions of rhetoric, identity, etc.)
Though I might not read this to my kids as a bedtime story (which I am sure would put them to sleep quickly), it is a great piece of literature to gradually expand one's understanding of the field from. |
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The Oxford Handbook of Contextual Political Analysis (Oxford Handbooks of Political Science) by Charles Tilly (Paperback - August 18, 2008)
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