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Margaret Scammell • Political Studies
(1999)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9248.00228
Michael Thompson, Gunnar Grendstad, Per Selle • Taylor & Francis eBooks
(2010)
This is the first major European political science book to discuss the growing interdisciplinary field of 'cultural theory', proposing a coherent and viable alternative to mainstream political science. The authors argue that three elements ...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203197646_chapter_1
James Farr • Cambridge University Press eBooks
(2003)
The idea that politics is, or can be, the subject of science is an ancient one that reaches back to Aristotle. Early modern expressions of the idea can be found in Machiavelli and Hobbes, as well as in Enlightenment thinkers from Hume to th...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/chol9780521594424.018
William J. Ball • Social Science Computer Review
(1997)
This article describes and evaluates the current state of affairs in on-line publishing for political science. The advantages of on-line publication for political science are noted. Existing projects to put book reviews, newsletters, journa...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/089443939701500103
Peter A. Hall, Rosemary C. R. Taylor • Political Studies
(1996)
1 Introduction 2 Historical Institutionalism 3 Rational Choice Institutionalism 4 Sociological Institutionalism 5 Comparing Institutionalisms 6 Conclusion 7 Notes...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9248.1996.tb00343.x
John S. Dryzek, Stephen T. Leonard • American Political Science Review
(1988)
Once sparce and sporadic, histories of political science have proliferated in recent years. We contend that such histories are a necessary feature of the discourse of political science, because there are essential connections between the hi...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/1961758
R. A. W. Rhodes • Oxford University Press eBooks
(2017)
This collection of essays is Volume II in a retrospective of previous publications. It looks forward and explores the ‘interpretive turn’ and its implications for the craft of political science, especially public administration. It draws to...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198786115.001.0001
• Choice Reviews Online
(1998)
A generation ago, scholars saw interest groups as the single most important element in the American political system. Today, political scientists are more likely to see groups as a marginal influence compared to institutions such as Congres...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.36-1204
• Routledge eBooks
(2002)
In recent years the history of political science has become recognised as an important but neglected area of study. The Development of Political Science is the first comprehensive discussion of the subject in a comparative international per...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203203767
Clarke E. Cochran • The Journal of Politics
(1974)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2129473
Ruth W. Grant • Political Theory
(2002)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0090591702030004007
• Electoral Studies
(1982)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0261-3794(82)90185-8
James Farr • American Journal of Political Science
(1988)
Political science is once again rediscovering its past and retelling its history. In last few years several works have brought an end to an era when our discipline's historical reflections were limited to rather brief presidential addresses...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2111205
Harvey C. Mansfield, Delba Winthrop • Cambridge University Press eBooks
(2006)
“A new political science is needed for a world altogether new.”’ ( DAI Intro., 7) Here is a striking statement, given a paragraph to itself, from the Introduction to Tocqueville's Democracy in America . Although it could hardly be more prom...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ccol0521840643.004
• Electoral Studies
(1982)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0261-3794(82)90199-8
John S. Dryzek • The Journal of Politics
(1986)
Scientific progress is normally portrayed as a series of stable, rational choices between competing theories, research programs, or research traditions within a discipline. Progress of that sort cannot occur in political science because any...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2131095
• Electoral Studies
(1982)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0261-3794(82)90196-2
Keith M. Dowding (2016)
This original account of the role of philosophy and methodology in political sciences gets back to the basics of studying politics. Cutting through long-standing controversies across different theoretical camps within the discipline, Dowdin...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-57270-7
Jonathan Mercer • Annual Review of Political Science
(2005)
▪ Abstract Prospect theory is the most influential behavioral theory of choice in the social sciences. Its creators won a Nobel Prize in economics, and it is largely responsible for the booming field of behavioral economics. Although intern...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.polisci.8.082103.104911
Lisa Wedeen • American Political Science Review
(2002)
This essay makes a case for an anthropological conceptualization of culture as “semiotic practices” and demonstrates how it adds value to political analyses. “Semiotic practices” refers to the processes of meaning-making in which agents' pr...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003055402000400