Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Politics

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JHU Press, 2 juil. 2007 - 773 pages
The human dimension of comparative research / Richard Snyder -- The past and present of comparative politics / Gerardo L. Munck -- The interviews: Gabriel A. Almond: structural functionalism and political development -- Barrington Moore, Jr.: the critical spirit and comparative historical analysis -- Robert A. Dahl: normative theory, empirical research, and democracy -- Juan J. Linz: political regimes and the quest for knowledge -- Samuel P. Huntington: order and conflict in global perspective -- Arend Lijphart: political institutions, divided societies, and consociational democracy -- Guillermo O'Donnell: democratization, political engagement, and agenda-setting research -- Philippe C. Schmitter: corporatism, democracy, and conceptual traveling -- James C. Scott: peasants, power, and the art of resistance -- Alfred Stepan: democratic governance and the craft of case-based research -- Adam Przeworski: capitalism, democracy, and science -- Robert H. Bates: markets, politics, and choice -- David Collier: critical junctions, concepts, and methods -- David D. Laitin: culture, rationality, and the search for discipline -- Theda Skocpol: states, revolutions, and the comparative historical imagination
 

Table des matières

Culture Rationality and the Search
16
The Past and Present of Comparative Politics
32
Structural Functionalism and Political
63
The Critical Spirit and Comparative Historical
86
Normative Theory Empirical Research
113
Political Regimes and the Quest for Knowledge
150
Order and Conflict in Global Perspective
210
Political Institutions Divided Societies
234
Peasants Power and the Art of Resistance
351
Democratic Governance and the Craft of Case
392
Capitalism Democracy and Science
456
Markets Politics and Choice
504
Critical Junctures Concepts and Methods
556
Discipline
601
States Revolutions and the Comparative
649
Date and Location of the Interviews
709

Democratization Political Engagement
273
Corporatism Democracy and Conceptual
305

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Gerardo L. Munck is a professor in the School of International Relations at the University of Southern California. He consults regularly on democracy evaluation for international and nongovernmental organizations, including the United Nations and the Organization of American States. Munck is the coauthor of Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Politics, also published by Johns Hopkins. Richard Snyder is an associate professor of political science at Brown University and author of Politics after Neoliberalism: Reregulation in Mexico.

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