Problems and methods in the study of politics

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Problems and methods in the study of politics

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edited by Ian Shapiro, Rogers M. Smith, and Tarek E. Masoud

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Problems & Methods in the Study of Politics

Contributor

• Smith, Rogers M., 1953-
• Masoud, Tarek E.
• Shapiro, Ian

Editor

• Shapiro, Ian
• Smith, Rogers M., 1953-
• Masoud, Tarek E.

Subject

• Political science -- Methodology
• Political science -- Study and teaching

Language

eng

Summary

The 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.--

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index present

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non fiction

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dictionaries

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Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks