{"product_id":"problems-and-methods-in-the-study-of-politics-paperback-9780521539432","title":"Problems and Methods in the Study of Politics (Paperback) 9780521539432","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eProblems and Methods in the Study of Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProminent scholars of politics offer original discussions exploring what political science is and how it should be studied.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIan Shapiro (Edited by), Rogers M. Smith (Edited by), Tarek E. Masoud (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521539432, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 9 September 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e432 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.4 x 2.3 cm, 0.577 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… a positive contribution to this ongoing debate.' Political Studies Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe study of politics seems endlessly beset by debates about method. At the core of these debates is a single unifying concern: should political scientists view themselves primarily as scientists, developing ever more sophisticated tools and studying only those phenomena to which such tools may fruitfully be applied? Or should they instead try to illuminate the large, complicated, untidy problems thrown up in the world, even if the chance to offer definitive explanations is low? Is there necessarily a tension between these two endeavours? Are some domains of political inquiry more amenable to the building up of reliable, scientific knowledge than others, and if so, how should we deploy our efforts? In this book, some of the world's most prominent students of politics offer original discussions of these pressing questions, eschewing narrow methodological diatribes to explore what political science is and how political scientists should aspire to do their work.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: problems and methods in the study of politics Ian Shapiro, Rogers Smith and Tarek Masoud\u003cbr\u003e  Part I. Description, Explanation and Agency: 2. Problems, methods and theories in the study of politics, or: what's wrong with political science and what to do about it Ian Shapiro\u003cbr\u003e 3. Of problems and methods: identities, interests, and the tasks of political science in the 21st century  Rogers M. Smith\u003cbr\u003e 4. Political science as a vocation Anne Norton\u003cbr\u003e 5. The politics of policy science Frances Fox Piven\u003cbr\u003e 6. The study of black politics and the practice of black politics: their historical relation and evolution Adolph Reed\u003cbr\u003e 7. External and internal explanation John Ferejohn\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Redeeming Rational Choice Theory?: 8. Lies, damned lies and rational choice analyses Gary W. Cox\u003cbr\u003e 9. On problems and methods Alan Ryan\u003cbr\u003e 10. An analytic narrative approach to puzzles and problems Margaret Levi\u003cbr\u003e 11. The methodical study of politics Bruce Bueno de Mesquita\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Possibilities for Pluralism and Convergence: 12. The illusion of learning from observational research Alan S. Gerber, Donald P. Green and Edward H. Kaplan\u003cbr\u003e 13. Concepts and commitments in the study of democracy Lisa Wedeen\u003cbr\u003e 14. Problems chasing methods or methods chasing problems, research communities, constrained pluralism, and the role of eclecticism Rudra Sil\u003cbr\u003e 15. Method, problem, faith William E. Connolly\u003cbr\u003e 16. Provisionalism in the study of politics Elisabeth Ellis\u003cbr\u003e 17. What have we learned? Robert Dahl, Truman Bewley, Susanne Hoeber Rudolph and  John Mearsheimer.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political science \u0026amp; theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political science \u0026amp; theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20science%20\u0026amp;%20theory%20%5BJPA%5D%22\"\u003eJPA\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; political philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; political philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20political%20philosophy%20%5BHPS%5D%22\"\u003eHPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005113028888,"sku":"9780521539432","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521539432i_9c6e2f42-3972-46c5-bfde-9c3efff1dee1.jpg?v=1691369314","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/problems-and-methods-in-the-study-of-politics-paperback-9780521539432","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}