Critical Political Studies

Author : Abigail B. Bakan,Eleanor MacDonald
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2002-03-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773569560

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Critical Political Studies by Abigail B. Bakan,Eleanor MacDonald Pdf

Written as a tribute to the remarkable intellectual career of Colin Leys, the debates in this book deal with some of the most pressing problems confronting the majority of citizens in both first world and third world contexts. Their contributions provide the confidence to pursue new possibilities that permit a more optimistic, if critical, outlook. Topics covered include contemporary debates about globalization and the nation state, African development, prospects for British socialism after Blair, social movements, and current issues in political and social theory. Contributors include Laurie Adkin (University of Alberta), Abigail Bakan, Bruce Berman (Queen's University), Manfred Bienefeld (Carleton University), Alex Callinicos (University of York, UK), Bonnie Campbell (University of Quebec at Montreal), Michael Chege (University of Florida), Radhika Desai (University of Victoria), Lauren Dobell (PhD candidate, Oxford University), Phil Goldman (Queen's University), Banu Helvacioglu (Bilkent University, Turkey), Robert Jessop (University of Lancaster, UK), Colin Leys (emeritus, Queen's University), Eleanor MacDonald, Marguerite Mendell (Concordia University), Leo Panitch (York University), Anne Phillips (London School of Economics and Political Science), and John Saul (Atkinson College, York University).

Author : Michael Orsini,Miriam Smith
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774840057

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Critical Policy Studies by Michael Orsini,Miriam Smith Pdf

Traditional definitions of public policy in Canada have been challenged in recent years by globalization, the transition to a knowledge-based economy, and the rise of new technologies. Critical Policy Studies describes how new policy problems such as border screening and global warming have been catapulted onto the agenda in the neo-liberal era. The book also surveys the recent evolution of critical approaches to policy studies, which have transformed decades-old issues. Contributors conceptualize the ways in which public policy questions cut across the traditional fields of policy. They cover both topical approaches such as Foucauldian and post-empiricist analysis and new applications of established perspectives, such as political economy. Conventional methodologies reveal new connotations when used to explore such topics as security issues, Canadian sovereignty, welfare reform, environmental protocol, Aboriginal policy, and reproductive technologies. Critical Policy Studies provides an alternative to existing approaches to policy studies, and will be welcomed by scholars, students, and practitioners of political science and public policy.

Author : Colin Leys
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0773522522

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Critical Political Studies by Colin Leys Pdf

A collective picture of modern capitalism suggests that economic prospects, political costs, and implications for human development and freedom under this system are grim indeed. However the possibility of an alternative viewpoint, and an alternative system, provide grounds for optimism. The authors in Critical Political Studies challenge the neo-liberal, pro-market ideology that has arisen in the age of the so-called "post-communist" new world order, wrestling with the implications of globalization, democratization, and the politics of radical social change Written as a tribute to the remarkable intellectual career of Colin Leys, the debates in this book deal with some of the most pressing problems confronting the majority of citizens in both first world and third world contexts. Their contributions provide the confidence to pursue new possibilities that permit a more optimistic, if critical, outlook. Topics covered include contemporary debates about globalization and the nation state, African development, prospects for British socialism after Blair, social movements, and current issues in political and social theory. Contributors include Laurie Adkin (University of Alberta), Abigail Bakan, Bruce Berman (Queen's University), Manfred Bienefeld (Carleton University), Alex Callinicos (University of York, UK), Bonnie Campbell (University of Quebec at Montreal), Michael Chege (University of Florida), Radhika Desai (University of Victoria), Lauren Dobell (PhD candidate, Oxford University), Phil Goldman (Queen's University), Banu Helvacioglu (Bilkent University, Turkey), Robert Jessop (University of Lancaster, UK), Colin Leys (emeritus, Queen's University), Eleanor MacDonald, Marguerite Mendell (Concordia University), Leo Panitch (York University), Anne Phillips (London School of Economics and Political Science), and John Saul (Atkinson College, York University).

Author : Frank Fischer,Douglas Torgerson,Anna Durnová,Michael Orsini
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-18
Category : POLITICAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 9781783472352

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Handbook of Critical Policy Studies by Frank Fischer,Douglas Torgerson,Anna Durnová,Michael Orsini Pdf

Critical policy studies, as illustrated in this Handbook, challenges the conventional approaches public policy inquiry. But it offers important innovations as well, in particular its focus on discursive politics, policy argumentation and deliberation, and interpretive modes of analysis.

Author : Bill Dunn
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781789903072

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A Research Agenda for Critical Political Economy by Bill Dunn Pdf

Forward thinking and provocative, this Research Agenda demonstrates different approaches to the field from experts focusing on global and local, and historical and contemporary issues. Eminent global scholars examine a diverse selection of interdisciplinary themes, raising questions surrounding future research, offering examples and linking the theory to its implications for practice and policy.

Author : Stephen Parsons
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005-03-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0826477216

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Rational Choice and Politics by Stephen Parsons Pdf

Rational Choice Theory claims to be able to explain how all individuals make not just some of their choices, but all of their choices, all of the time. According to the theory, there is no difference in principle between choosing whether to buy apples rather than bananas or choosing whether to join a political revolution instead of staying at home and watching television. Given these claims to universal applicability, it is perhaps not surprising to find that over the last three or four decades Rational Choice Theory has become increasingly influential as a means of providing explanations in politics. The textbook introduces the premises of Rational Choice Theory and illustrates how this theory can be applied to political studies. The book concludes with an assessment of the usefulness of the model in the light of the problems highlighted. -"Parson's book provides a lucid presentation and a cogent critique of Rational Choice Theory in economics and politics." Professor Steve Pressman, Department of Economics and Finance, Monmouth University, USA

Author : Johnna Montgomerie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317389309

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Critical Methods in Political and Cultural Economy by Johnna Montgomerie Pdf

Critical Methods in Political and Cultural Economy offers students and scholars the first methods book for the critical school of International Political Economy (IPE). What does it mean to ‘do’ critical research? How do we write about the evidence we present? This volume explores our shared critical ethic to demonstrate how methods are transformative and reimagines research strategies as both an embodied practice and a social process. By presenting methodologically informed ways of researching, enriched by real-life accounts from academics doing empirical research, the volume seeks to forge a new collaborative path that builds a critical ethic and modes of inquiry within International Political Economy. Substantive chapters advance the pluralism of the critical school of cultural political economy and seek to articulate its nascent research ethic. Short autobiographical vignettes articulate the professional journeys of contributors who ‘do’ critical political economy. There is practical advice on how to develop evidence from an iterative reflexive research strategy. Using this innovative format offers a guide to methods in critical political economy by engaging directly with the people doing research, not only as technical practice but also as lived experience. The combination of research and practice presented throughout the book offers an extensive and authoritative framework for evaluating how methods are part of critical research and will be essential reading for all students and scholars of IPE.

Author : Landry, Julien
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781789909234

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Critical Perspectives on Think Tanks by Landry, Julien Pdf

This innovative book explores think tanks from the perspective of critical policy studies, showcasing how knowledge, power and politics intersect with the ways in which think tanks intervene in public policy.

Author : Timothy Forsyth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004-11-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134665808

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Critical Political Ecology by Timothy Forsyth Pdf

Critical Political Ecology brings political debate to the science of ecology. As political controversies multiply over the science underlying environmental debates, there is an increasing need to understand the relationship between environmental science and politics. In this timely and wide-ranging volume, Tim Forsyth uses an innovative approach to apply political analysis to ecology, and demonstrates how more politicised approaches to science can be used in environmental decision-making. Critical Political Ecology examines: *how social and political factors frame environmental science, and how science in turn shapes politics *how new thinking in philosophy and sociology of science can provide fresh insights into the biophysical causes and impacts of environmental problems *how policy and decision-makers can acknowledge the political influences on science and achieve more effective public participation and governance.

Author : Howard J. Wiarda
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0415330939

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Comparative Politics by Howard J. Wiarda Pdf

Author : Joel Beinin,Bassam Haddad,Sherene Seikaly
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781503614482

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A Critical Political Economy of the Middle East and North Africa by Joel Beinin,Bassam Haddad,Sherene Seikaly Pdf

This book offers the first critical engagement with the political economy of the Middle East and North Africa. Challenging conventional wisdom on the origins and contemporary dynamics of capitalism in the region, these cutting-edge essays demonstrate how critical political economy can illuminate both historical and contemporary dynamics of the region and contribute to wider political economy debates from the vantage point of the Middle East. Leading scholars, representing several disciplines, contribute both thematic and country-specific analyses. Their writings critically examine major issues in political economy—notably, the mutual constitution of states, markets, and classes; the co-constitution of class, race, gender, and other forms of identity; varying modes of capital accumulation and the legal, political, and cultural forms of their regulation; relations among local, national, and global forms of capital, class, and culture; technopolitics; the role of war in the constitution of states and classes; and practices and cultures of domination and resistance. Visit politicaleconomyproject.org for additional media and learning resources.

Author : Jonathan Hardy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781136486494

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Critical Political Economy of the Media by Jonathan Hardy Pdf

How the media are organised and funded is central to understanding their role in society. Critical Political Economy of the Media provides a clear, comprehensive and insightful introduction to the political economic analysis of contemporary media. Jonathan Hardy undertakes a critical survey of political economy scholarship encompassing worldwide literature, issues and debates, and relationships with other academic approaches. He assesses different ways of making sense of media convergence and digitalisation, media power and influence, and transformations across communication markets. Many of the problems of the media that prompted critical political economy research remain salient, he argues, but the approach must continue to adapt to new conditions and challenges. Hardy advances the case for a revitalised critical media studies for the 21st century. Topics covered include: media ownership and financing news and entertainment convergence and the Internet media globalisation advertising and media alternative media media policy and regulation Introducing key concepts and research, this book explains how political economy can assist students, researchers and citizens to investigate and address vital questions about the media today.

Author : Rosemary H. T. O'Kane
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0415201365

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Revolution by Rosemary H. T. O'Kane Pdf

Author : John E. Trent,Michael Stein
Publisher : Verlag Barbara Budrich
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783866495449

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The World of Political Science by John E. Trent,Michael Stein Pdf

How well is the field of political studies doing and where is it headed? These questions are answered by this broad world overview of political science, its advances and shortcomings, along with prescriptions for the future in the first decades of the 21th century. The volume includes three world regional assessments of the discipline by senior scholars along with an in-depth survey of various sub-disciplinary fields and a concluding critical essay on the future of political studies. Great as a text book, i.e., an introductory global overview.

Author : Nancy S. Love,Mark Mattern
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138379204

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Studying Politics Today by Nancy S. Love,Mark Mattern Pdf

This book examines what political scientists are studying - and how they are doing it - in ways that could improve our world. It features scholars in political science and related fields, who are engaged in research that is more politically relevant than the work that continues to dominate the larger discipline. Their shared commitment "to make the study of politics relevant to the struggle for a better world" represents the continuing legacy of the Caucus for a New Political Science, founded in 1967, and the perestroika movement that began in 2000. Both have challenged the defining commitments of political science as a discipline to narrow, parochial, and apolitical approaches to the study of politics. Although the balance of disciplinary critique and alternative approach varies from chapter to chapter, all of the authors included here offer innovative and progressive perspectives on the study of politics today. Topics include: critiques of mainstream political science methods and models; redefinitions of key concepts and major institutions; reconstructions of the borders, subjects, and spaces of politics; and reflections on the ethical commitments of scholars and scholarly journals. This book was published as a special issue of New Political Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture.