Political Theory: Methods and Approaches is one of the first books to analyze research methods in political theory and political philosophy. Drawing together essays by a distinguished set of contributors, this rich and varied collection introduces students to many of the often unelaborated methods and approaches that currently inform the work of leading scholars in the field. The selections consider how political theory should be conducted today and also examine the complex and contested connections between political theory and a range of adjacent disciplines-moral philosophy, the empirical social sciences, the history of political thought, the world of "real" politics, critical social theory, and ideology. Both individually and as a collection, these essays will promote understanding and provoke further debate amongst students and established scholars alike.
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Series: Oxford Handbooks of Political Science Long recognized as one of the main branches of political science, political theory has in recent years burgeoned in many different directions. Close textual analysis of historical texts sits alongside more analytical work on the nature and normative grounds of political values. Continental and post-modern influences jostle with ones...
Oxford University Press, 2006. — 869 p. — (Oxford Handbooks of Political Science). The Oxford Handbooks of Political Science is a ten-volume set of reference books offering authoritative and engaging critical overviews of the state of political science. This volume, The Oxford Handbook of Contextual Political Analysis , sets out to synthesize and critique for the first time...
Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2011. — 1942 p. — ISBN: 978-1-933116-44-0. Discipline of Political Science African Politics and Society American Politics and Society Asian Politics and Society Comparative Politics Constitutions and Constitutionalism Culture, Media, and Language Democracy and Democratization Ethics and Political Corruption European Politics and Society Federalism...
Oxford University Press, 2006. — 983 p. — (Oxford Handbooks of Political Science). Public policy is the business end of political science. It is where theory meets practice in the pursuit of the public good. Political scientists approach public policy in myriad ways. Some approach the policy process descriptively, asking how the need for public intervention comes to be...
Oxford University Press, 2006, 816 p. Series: Oxford Handbooks of Political Science The study of political institutions is among the founding pillars of political science. With the rise of the 'new institutionalism', the study of institutions has returned to its place in the sun. This volume provides a comprehensive survey of where we are in the study of political institutions,...
Oxford University Press, 2006. — 869 p. — (Oxford Handbooks of Political Science). Over its long lifetime, "political economy" has had many different meanings: the science of managing the resources of a nation so as to provide wealth to its inhabitants for Adam Smith; the study of how the ownership of the means of production influenced historical processes for Marx; the study...
