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Passion, craft, and method in comparative politics / Gerardo L. Munck and Richard Snyder ; interview with Gabriel A. Almond ... [et al.].

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Munck, Gerardo L. (Gerardo Luis), 1958-
Contributor:
Snyder, Richard (Richard Owen), 1967-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Comparative government--Study and teaching (Graduate)--United States.
Comparative government.
Political scientists--United States--Interviews.
Political scientists.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (789 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Giving voice to scholars who practice their craft in different ways yet share a passion for knowledge about global politics, Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Politics offers a wealth of insights into contemporary debates about the state of knowledge in comparative politics and the future of the field.
Contents:
The human dimension of comparative research / Richard Snyder
The past and present of comparative politics / Gerardo L. Munck
The interviews: Gabriel A. Almond: structural functionalism and political development
Barrington Moore, Jr.: the critical spirit and comparative historical analysis
Robert A. Dahl: normative theory, empirical research, and democracy
Juan J. Linz: political regimes and the quest for knowledge
Samuel P. Huntington: order and conflict in global perspective
Arend Lijphart: political institutions, divided societies, and consociational democracy
Guillermo O'Donnell: democratization, political engagement, and agenda-setting research
Philippe C. Schmitter: corporatism, democracy, and conceptual traveling
James C. Scott: peasants, power, and the art of resistance
Alfred Stepan: democratic governance and the craft of case-based research
Adam Przeworski: capitalism, democracy, and science
Robert H. Bates: markets, politics, and choice
David Collier: critical junctions, concepts, and methods
David D. Laitin: culture, rationality, and the search for discipline
Theda Skocpol: states, revolutions, and the comparative historical imagination.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [711]-756) and indexes.
ISBN:
9780801892059
0801892058
OCLC:
923193781

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