Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Politics

Name: Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Politics
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ISBN: 9780801884641

ISBN-10: 0801884640

ISBN-13: 9780801884641

Edition: 2007

Authors: Gerardo L. Munck, Richard Snyder

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In the first collection of interviews with the most prominent scholars in comparative politics since World War II, Gerardo L. Munck and Richard Snyder trace key developments in the field during the twentieth century. Organized around a broad set of themes -- intellectual formation and training; major works and ideas; the craft and tools of research; colleagues, collaborators, and students; and the past and future of comparative politics -- these in-depth interviews offer unique and candid reflections that bring the research process to life and shed light on the human dimension of scholarship. Giving voice to scholars who practice their craft in different ways yet share a passion for…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 7/2/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 792
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 1.61" tall
Weight: 2.508
Language: English



Preface



The Human Dimension of Comparative Research




The Past and Present of Comparative Politics



The Interviews



Structural Functionalism and Political Development




The Critical Spirit and Comparative Historical Analysis




Normative Theory, Empirical Research, and Democracy




Political Regimes and the Quest for Knowledge




Order and Conflict in Global Perspective




Political Institutions, Divided Societies, and Consociational Democracy




Democratization, Political Engagement, and Agenda-Setting Research




Corporatism, Democracy, and Conceptual Traveling




Peasants, Power, and the Art of Resistance




Democratic Governance and the Craft of Case-Based Research




Capitalism, Democracy, and Science




Markets, Politics, and Choice




Critical Junctures, Concepts, and Methods




Culture, Rationality, and the Search for Discipline




States, Revolutions, and the Comparative Historical Imagination




Date and Location of the Interviews


References


Name Index


Subject Index