Politics as a science : a prolegomenon / Philippe C. Schmitter and Marc Blecher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schmitter, Philippe C., author.

Blecher, Marc J., author.

Series:

Conceptualising comparative politics ; 12.

Conceptualising comparative politics ; 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative government--Study and teaching.

Comparative government.

Political science--Methodology.

Political science.

Physical Description:

xx, 138 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

Summary:

"In Politics as a Science, two of the world's leading authorities on Comparative Politics, Philippe C. Schmitter and Marc Blecher, provide a lively introduction to the concepts and framework to study and analyze politics. Written with dexterity, concision and clarity, this short text makes no claim to being scientific. It contains no disprovable hypotheses, no original collection of evidence, and no search for patterns of association. Instead, Schmitter and Blecher keep the text broadly conceptual and theoretical to convey their vision of the sprawling subject of politics. They map the process in which researchers try to specify the goal of the trip, some of the landmarks likely to be encountered en route, and the boundaries that will circumscribe the effort. Examples, implications and elaborations are included in footnotes throughout the book. Politics as a Science is an ideal introduction for anyone interested in, or studying, Comparative Politics"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Subject Matter

1.1. The Core: Power and Politics

1.2. The Exercise of Power

2. The Foundations

2.1. The Concepts

2.2. The Agents

2.3. The Cleavages

2.4. The Motives

2.5. The Processes

2.6. The Mechanisms

2.7. The Temporalities

2.8. The Units

2.9. The Regimes

3. The Consequences

3.1. Order

3.2. Production and Distribution

3.3. Recognition and Respect

3.4. Externalities

3.5. Legitimacy

4. The Discipline

4.1. The Theoretic Trajectory

4.2. The Liberal Bias

4.3. The Methods

5. The Design Of Research

5.1. Choice of Topic

5.2. Conceptualization

5.3. Formation of Hypotheses

5.4. Selection of Cases

5.5. Proposal Writing

5.6. Operationalization of Variables

5.7. Measurement

5.8. Test for Association

5.9. Causal Inference

5.10. Evaluation of Results

Conclusion

6. The Purpose

7. The Promise.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Schmitter, Philippe C. Politics as a science

ISBN:

9780367469498

0367469499

9780367464691

0367464691

OCLC:

1157478439