"Rationalist theories of political behavior have recently risen in status to that of a new—or, more accurately, rediscovered—paradigm in the systematic study of politics. Brian Barry's short, provocative book played no small part in the debate that precipitated this shift. . . . Without reservation, Barry's treatise is the most lucid and most influential critique of two important, competing perspectives in political analysis: the 'sociological' school of Talcott Parsons, Gabriel Almond, and other so-called functionalists; and the 'economic' school of Anthony Downs and Mancur Olson, among others."—Dennis J. Encarnation, American Journal of Sociology
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This review is from: Sociologists, Economists, and Democracy (Midway Reprint) (Paperback)
This little book is a gem. By discussing how economists and sociologists have tried to explain political behavior, Barry discusses some conceptual problems within the social sciences at large. The value of reading this book comes not only from the lucid treatment of it's main objective: the successes and failures of the economic and sociological approaches to political behavior. It is also a great help to understand the foundations and implicit assumptions within these approaches. The treatment is exceptionally lucid and should be of interest not only to students of political science.
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In the past fifteen years or so, a remarkable thing has been happening to the academic study of politics: it has shown signs of starting to become a theoretical subject. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
party differential, maximise votes, nearest party, selective incentives, ideological continuum, stable democracy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Structure of Social Action, James Mill, Second World War, Weimar Republic, John Stuart Mill, French Revolution, Roman Catholic, Anthony Downs, Republic of Eire, Senator Joe, Testing Theories of Democracy, The Economic Theory of Democracy New!
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In the past fifteen years or so, a remarkable thing has been happening to the academic study of politics: it has shown signs of starting to become a theoretical subject. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
party differential, maximise votes, nearest party, selective incentives, ideological continuum, stable democracy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Structure of Social Action, James Mill, Second World War, Weimar Republic, John Stuart Mill, French Revolution, Roman Catholic, Anthony Downs, Republic of Eire, Senator Joe, Testing Theories of Democracy, The Economic Theory of Democracy New!
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- An Economic Theory of Democracy by Anthony Downs on 7 pages
- The Structure of Social Action, Vol. 1: Marshall, Pareto, Durkheim by Talcott Parsons on 5 pages
- The Social System by Talcott Parsons on page 73, page 166, and Back Matter
- Considerations on Representative Government (Great Books in Philosophy) by John Stuart Mill on page 11, and Back Matter
- System of Logic by Johns Mill on page 11, and Back Matter
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- Rational Lives: Norms and Values in Politics and Society (American Politics and Political Economy Series) by Dennis Chong on 7 pages
- Civic Virtues: Rights, Citizenship, and Republican Liberalism (Oxford Political Theory) by Richard Dagger in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Compellence and the Strategic Culture of Imperial Japan: Implications for Coercive Diplomacy in the Twenty-First Century by Forrest Morgan on page 270, and Back Matter
- Votes without Leverage: Women in American Electoral Politics, 1920-1970 (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions) by Anna L. Harvey on page 33, and Back Matter
- Radicals, Reformers, and Reactionaries: The Prisoner's Dilemma and the Collapse of Democracy in Latin America by Youssef Cohen in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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