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What's Queer about Political Science?

Nicola J. Smith, Donna Lee • The British Journal of Politics and International Relations (2014)

Research Highlights and Abstract The study of gender, sexuality—and, in particular, queer theory—is central to the social sciences and humanities. Our analysis of citation practices shows that queer theorist Judith Butler is one of the most...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-856x.12037

Experimentation in Political Science

Rebecca B. Morton, Kenneth C. Williams • Oxford University Press eBooks (2009)

Abstract This article mentions that the number of experiments has increased dramatically in political science in the last thirty-five years because of their power for making causal inferences. It directly confronts the Achilles heel of expe...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199286546.003.0014

Jihad as Reflected in Biḥār al-Anwār

Masoomeh Mostofi, Mahdi Mehrizi, Mojgan Sarshar • Religious Inquiries (2020)

Different views of Muslim scholars concerning jihad arises from, and is grounded in, the Quran and hadiths transmitted from the Prophet or Imams. In this paper, we study and analyze hadiths related to jihad as collected in Biḥār al-anwār. W...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22034/ri.2021.265524.1462

The Political Science of Federalism

Jenna Bednar • Annual Review of Law and Social Science (2011)

This article highlights political science's interest in the distribution of authority between federal and state governments. The authority boundaries are studied (a) as mechanism design problems, where authority is allocated optimally to ac...

OPENALEX cc-by-sa DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-102510-105522

Network Analysis and Political Science

Michael D. Ward, Katherine W. Stovel, Audrey Sacks • Annual Review of Political Science (2011)

Political science is fascinated with networks. This fascination builds on networks' descriptive appeal, and descriptions of networks play a prominent role in recent forays into network analysis. For some time, quantitative research has incl...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.polisci.12.040907.115949

Machiavelli's Political Science

Harvey C. Mansfield • American Political Science Review (1981)

Machiavelli is presented as the founder of modern political science, with due regard to the fact that he never spoke of “political science.” His usage of “prudence” and “art” in The Prince is examined to see whether, as founder, he was a te...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/1961365

Political science, political ideas and rhetoric

Alan Finlayson • Economy and Society (2004)

The article reviews ‘ideational’ analysis and theory in political science. It argues that this is an important area of research limited by lack of a clear sense of what ideas in politics are and of how to analyse them as directly as possibl...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0308514042000285279

Field Research in Political Science

Diana Kapiszewski, Lauren Morris Maclean, Benjamin L. Read • Cambridge University Press eBooks (2015)

Field research - leaving one's home institution in order to acquire data, information or insights that significantly inform one's research - remains indispensable, even in a digitally networked era. This book, the first of its kind in polit...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511794551

Doing Research in Political Science

Paul Pennings, Hans Keman, Jan Kleinnijenhuis • SAGE Publications Ltd eBooks (2006)

PART ONE: COMPARATIVE METHODOLOGY - Hans Keman Comparative Methodology and Statistics in Political Science The Comparative Approach Theory and Method Meaning and Use of the Comparative Method Research Design PART TWO: STATISTICS IN POLITICA...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.4135/9781849209038

The Politics of Political Science

Paulo Ravecca • Routledge eBooks (2019)

In this thought-provoking book, Paulo Ravecca presents a series of interlocking studies on the politics of political science in the Americas. Focusing mainly on the cases of Chile and Uruguay, Ravecca employs different strands of critical t...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351110556