In this volume 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. Although beset by constant debate about method, at the core of the study of politics is the unifying concern as to whether political scientists should view themselves primarily as scientists, or, instead, try to focus their knowledge on resolving the many complex world crises currently happening.
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The study of politics is beset by debates about method. At the core of these debates is a single unifying concern: should political scientists view themselves primarily as scientists, or should they instead try to illuminate the large, complicated, untidy problems thrown up in the world, even if the chance to offer definitive explanations is low? 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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collection of thought-provoking essays,
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This volume is not designed for those searching for a "how to" guide to social science research. It is designed for those who recognize, and want to better appreciate, the problematic nature of all social inquiry given the lack of consensus in the social sciences on basic issues of epistemology and methodology. No, the essays do not decisively say that method-driven research is better/worse than problem-driven research; but they do demonstrate the limitations of studies that are guided exclusively by a commitment to a given methodology. The fact that general essays are juxtaposed with studies that focus on specific substantive issues help to advance the fundamental purpose of this volume.
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The last piece in the book by Mearsheimer points out that barely any of the contributors addressed the question raised by the contributors and it led me to wonder what the point of assigning the entire book for a course was. Moreover, the book spends tonnes of time talking about rational choice theory, which to me seemed irrelevant.
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Political science, particularly in the United States, is often said to be a fractured discipline - perpetually split among warring camps (or "separate tables" to use the late Gabriel Almond's evocative phrase (1988)). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Political science, particularly in the United States, is often said to be a fractured discipline - perpetually split among warring camps (or "separate tables" to use the late Gabriel Almond's evocative phrase (1988)). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
chew gatherings, immanent naturalist, problematizing redescription, qat chew conversations, qat gatherings, immanent naturalism, qat chews, constrained pluralism, hard rational choice, separate research communities, analytic narrative approach, emergent causality, corporate political entity, new black politics, deliberative theory, rational actor explanation, black political discourse, tipping model, political identity formation, existential faith, black political activity, different research communities, deliberative democratic theory, analytic narratives, constitutive stories Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Cambridge University Press, United States, Princeton University Press, University of Chicago Press, Ian Shapiro, New Haven, Yale University Press, Bueno de Mesquita, Oxford University Press, University of California Press, Ann Arbor, Harvard University Press, Cold War, Cornell University Press, Jim Crow, Middle East, University of Michigan Press, Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, World War, Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, Margaret Levi, Iris Marion, South Africa New!
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