The systematically revised third edition of the leading text on approaches and methods in political science features a considerable internatizationization in both the team of contributors and the range of coverage and examples. About half the chapters are entirely new and the rest are substantially revised and updated.
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"A very useful and accessible text which delivers between two covers an in-depth introduction both to approaches and theories and to methods and research design. Its comprehensive coverage and user friendliness will make this new 3rd edition most attractive for students across a wide range of courses." —Peter J. Katzenstein, Cornell University
"An excellent introduction to theory and methods in which a distinguished group of scholars present and discuss eight theoretical approaches and seven methods for addressing key questions in Political Science. It will be valuable for both graduate and undergraduate students as well as faculty who want to gain a broad overview of contemporary Political Science and its historical roots." —Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University
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"[A]n excellent overview of modern political science... extremely useful... for introducing students to the complexities of theories and methods" —Martin J. Smith, British Politics
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DAVID MARSH is Director of the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University. GERRY STOKER is Professor of Politics at the University of Southampton.
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If you are buying this book it is probably because you have to as it has been assigned as a text book for a course you are taking.
First of all, chapter 9 on epistemology and ontology is extremely poorly written. Too much crammed in to one chapter means they lack explanatory language and you learn very little. Also why is a chapter on ontology and epistemology chapter 9? You'd think it would be at the beginning of the book. Secondly - the amount of spelling and grammatical errors is embarrassing. It is hard to take a book on political science seriously when all I see are amateur spelling and grammatical inconsistencies. Very poor! Other than that, ok book. Have read better on this subject.
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Normative political theory involves, in the words of Isaiah Berlin, 'the discovery, of application, of moral notions in the sphere of political relations'. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
modern behaviouralists, discourse theory perspective, mass political behaviour, doing political science, reformed pluralism, classical pluralism, organising perspective, calculating subjects, strategic selectivity, temporal aggregates, spatial aggregates, elite pluralism, normative political theory, constitutional studies, normative theorists, causal diagram, elitist position, elite domination, elite circulation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Right, Conservative Party, Max Weber, Maastricht Treaty, Antonio Gramsci, Charles Lindblom, John Major, John Rawls, Robert Nozick, Civic Culture, Herman Finer, Major Government, Wright Mills New!
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Normative political theory involves, in the words of Isaiah Berlin, 'the discovery, of application, of moral notions in the sphere of political relations'. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
modern behaviouralists, discourse theory perspective, mass political behaviour, doing political science, reformed pluralism, classical pluralism, organising perspective, calculating subjects, strategic selectivity, temporal aggregates, spatial aggregates, elite pluralism, normative political theory, constitutional studies, normative theorists, causal diagram, elitist position, elite domination, elite circulation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Right, Conservative Party, Max Weber, Maastricht Treaty, Antonio Gramsci, Charles Lindblom, John Major, John Rawls, Robert Nozick, Civic Culture, Herman Finer, Major Government, Wright Mills New!
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