Democratic Theory And Causal Methodology In Comparative Politics

Author : Mark I. Lichbach
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 249 pages
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Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107025813

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Democratic Theory and Causal Methodology in Comparative Politics by Mark I. Lichbach Pdf

Barrington Moore bequeathed comparativists a problem: how to reconcile his causal claim of "no bourgeoisie, no democracy" with his normative "dream of a free and rational society." In this book, Mark I. Lichbach harmonizes causal methodology and normative democratic theory, illustrating their interrelationship. Using a dialogue among four specific texts, Lichbach advances five constructive themes. First, comparativists should study the causal agency of individuals, groups, and democracies. Second, the three types of collective agency should be paired with an exploration of three corresponding moral dilemmas: ought-is, freedom-power, and democracy-causality. Third, at the center of inquiry, comparativists should place big-P Paradigms and big-M Methodology. Fourth, as they play with research schools, creatively combining prescriptive and descriptive approaches to democratization, they should encourage a mixed-theory and mixed-method field. Finally, comparativists should study pragmatic questions about political power and democratic performance: In building a democratic state, which democracy, under which conditions, is best, and how might it be achieved?

Author : Mark Irving Lichbach
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Comparative government
ISBN : 1107241472

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Democratic Theory and Causal Methodology in Comparative Politics by Mark Irving Lichbach Pdf

Barrington Moore bequeathed comparativists a problem: how to reconcile his causal claim of 'no bourgeoisie, no democracy' with his normative 'dream of a free and rational society'. Lichbach harmonizes causal methodology and normative democratic theory, illustrating their interrelationship. Using a dialogue among four specific texts, Lichbach advances five constructive themes. First, comparativists should study the causal agency of individuals, groups and democracies. Second, three types of collective agency should be paired with an exploration of three corresponding moral dilemmas: ought-is, freedom-power and democracy-causality. Third, at the center of inquiry, comparativists should place big-P Paradigms and big-M Methodology. Fourth, as they play with research schools, creatively combining prescriptive and descriptive approaches to democratization, they should encourage a mixed-theory and mixed-method field. Finally, comparativists should study pragmatic questions about political power and democratic performance: in building a democratic state, which democracy, under which conditions, is best, and how might it be achieved?

Author : Steven J. Hood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 188 pages
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Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315289953

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Political Development and Democratic Theory by Steven J. Hood Pdf

Most comparativists have assumed that democratization is best understood by looking at regimes in the transition and consolidation phases of democracy without really considering the essence of democracy - liberal rights and democratic virtues. Democracy is seen as a mechanistic process without considering the ideas that build democratic regimes. This book begins afresh by proposing that comparativists need to consider democracy to be a combination of rights and virtues, and that the difficulties of democratic transitions, consolidation, and maintenance are essentially problems relating to balancing rights and virtues in the regime. How do we reemphasize these aspects of democracy at a time when comparative literature focuses almost solely on democratic procedure? By combining the best elements of comparative theory and liberal democratic philosophy, Hood argues that comparativists can sharpen the scholarly tools we need to understand both the problems of democratization and maintaining democracy. He provides the reader with a valuable overview of comparative theory and how our abandonment of political philosophy has led to our acceptance of social science methods that can only lead to superficial analyses of democratizing regimes and established democracies.

Author : R. Lebow,M. Lichbach
Publisher : Springer
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230607507

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Theory and Evidence in Comparative Politics and International Relations by R. Lebow,M. Lichbach Pdf

This book explores the epistemology and the methodology of political knowledge and social inquiry: what can we know, and how do we know? Contributing authors offer answers, addressing the purpose and methods of research and analyzing concepts, including the relationship of theory and evidence and the importance of medicine to social science.

Author : Dietmar Braun,Martino Maggetti
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781783472079

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Comparative Politics by Dietmar Braun,Martino Maggetti Pdf

What are the conceptual and methodological challenges facing comparative politics today? This informative book discusses four main challenges that create stress for disciplinary reproduction and advancement, while providing potential solutions. In seven chapters, the contributors cover the most pressing issues: the dissolution of the nation-state as the main objective of inquiry; the increasing complexity of concepts and methods; the capacity to accumulate knowledge; and the tensions between parsimonious and contextually rich explanations. Scholars and students of comparative politics, international relations and political science will be interested in the up-to-date overview of pertinent conceptual problems, as well as the possible ways forward. Practitioners and decision-makers will find the real-world examples provided in this book useful to their work.

Author : Jørgen Møller,Svend-Erik Skaaning
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415633505

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Democracy and Democratization in Comparative Perspective by Jørgen Møller,Svend-Erik Skaaning Pdf

This book provides an introduction to theory and research on democracy and democratization. From this foundation, it elucidates a systematic framework to conceptualize democracy for comparative study.

Author : Todd Landman,Edzia Carvalho
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317533795

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Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics by Todd Landman,Edzia Carvalho Pdf

Building on the strengths of the third edition, this highly regarded textbook continues to provide the best introduction to the strategies of comparative research in political science. Divided into three parts, the book begins by examining different methods, applying these methods to dominant issues in comparative politics using a wealth of topical examples from around the world, and then discusses the new challenges in the area. This thoroughly revised and updated edition features: Additional contemporary case studies including the democratisation of technology and the Arab Spring; Detailed discussion of regression analysis and diffusion; More analysis of justice, inequality, and compliance; Reflection on new methods and treatments of contemporary comparative politics. Balancing reader friendly features with high quality analysis makes this popular academic text is essential reading for everyone interested in comparative politics and research methods.

Author : Ronald H Chilcote
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429972317

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Theories Of Comparative Politics by Ronald H Chilcote Pdf

Extensively revised and updated, this classic text revisits the central problem of searching for mainstream and alternative paradigms to guide us in comparative political inquiry. Building upon the first edition's comprehensive and systematic overview of frameworks, ideologies, and theories, the second edition highlights new directions and developments over the past decade, including the continuation of an ideological political science methodological innovations such as rational-choice, historical, and postbehavioural approaches new emphases on and links between political culture and participation the recasting of modernization theory and the revitalization of class analysis and a thoroughgoing post-Keynesian political economy point of view.The second edition continues the tradition of the first in updating what one reviewer commended as outstanding, excellent annotated bibliographies at the end of each chapter and the thorough survey of the general literature of comparative politics at the end of the book." In addition, the new edition includes an appendix of definitions that facilitate clarity and understanding of political science terminology, important for students at every level from the introductory on up.In a post-Cold War world in which challenges to comparative inquiry abound,ethnic conflict, authoritarian repression, state building and disintegration, new industrialization and postindustrialization, security systems redefined,the search for new paradigms that Theories of Comparative Politics represents gains in importance daily.

Author : Hood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 8120326180

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Political Development And Democratic Theory: Rethinking Comparative Politics by Hood Pdf

Author : Hans Keman
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2002-05-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0761954775

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Comparative Democratic Politics by Hans Keman Pdf

This essential new book brings together world class scholars to provide a completely new comparative politics text. It offers a comprehensive reivew of the complete democratic process and provides a framework for measuring and evaluating contemporary democracy and democratic performance around the world.

Author : Mark Irving Lichbach,Alan S. Zuckerman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780521885157

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Comparative Politics by Mark Irving Lichbach,Alan S. Zuckerman Pdf

This revised edition of Comparative Politics offers an assessment of the past decade of scholarship in comparative politics.

Author : Todd Landman
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780415412360

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Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics by Todd Landman Pdf

Building on the strengths of the second edition, this highly regarded textbook continues to provide the best introduction to the strategies of comparative research in political science. Divided into three parts, the book begins by examining different methods, applying these methods to dominant issues in comparative politics using a wealth of topical examples from around the world, and then discusses the new challenges in the area. New to this edition: features explanation of regression analysis with accompanied briefing boxes new discussion of the assumptions, research design, and the use of statistics characteristic of many-country comparisons single and multi-country studies - how to compare countries and address problems of comparison, especially the principles for selecting countries new chapter on the intersection between international relations and comparative politics all chapters have been updated with new publications and research output relevant to the discussion. Balancing reader friendly features with high quality analysis makes this popular academic text essential reading for everyone interested comparative politics and research methods.

Author : James Mahoney,Dietrich Rueschemeyer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2003-02-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107717558

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Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences by James Mahoney,Dietrich Rueschemeyer Pdf

This book systematically investigates the past accomplishments and future agendas of contemporary comparative-historical analysis. Its core essays explore three major issues: the accumulation of knowledge in the field over the past three decades, the analytic tools used to study temporal process and historical patterns, and the methodologies available for making inferences and for building theories. The introductory and concluding essays situate the field as a whole by comparing it to alternative approaches within the social sciences. Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences will serve as an invaluable resource for scholars in the field, and it will represent a challenge to many other social scientists - especially those who have raised skeptical concerns about comparative-historical analysis in the past.

Author : Enrique Peruzzotti,Martin Plot
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136183713

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Critical Theory and Democracy by Enrique Peruzzotti,Martin Plot Pdf

This book focuses on Andrew Arato’s democratic theory and its relevance to contemporary issues such as processes of democratization, civil society, constitution-making, and the modern Executive. Andrew Arato is -both globally and disciplinarily- a prominent thinker in the fields of democratic theory, constitutional law, and comparative politics, influencing several generations of scholars. This is the first volume to systematically address his democratic theory. Including contributions from leading scholars such as Dick Howard, Ulrich Preuss, Hubertus Buchstein, Janos Kis, Uri Ram, Leonardo Avritzer, Carlos de la Torre, and Nicolás Lynch, this book is organized around three major areas of Arato ́s influence on contemporary political and social thought. The first section offers a comprehensive view of Arato’s scholarship from his early work on critical theory and Western Marxism to his current research on constitution-making and its application. The second section shifts its focus from the previous, comprehensive approach, to a much more specific one: Arato ́s widespread influence on the study of civil society in democratization processes in Latin America. The third section includes a previously unpublished work, ‘A conceptual history of dictatorship (and its rivals,)’ one of the few systematic interrogations on the meaning of a political form of fundamental relevance in the contemporary world. Critical Theory and Democracy will be of interest to critical and social theorists, and all Arato scholars.

Author : Mark I. Lichbach
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107244849

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Democratic Theory and Causal Methodology in Comparative Politics by Mark I. Lichbach Pdf

Barrington Moore bequeathed comparativists a problem: how to reconcile his causal claim of 'no bourgeoisie, no democracy' with his normative 'dream of a free and rational society'. Lichbach harmonizes causal methodology and normative democratic theory, illustrating their interrelationship. Using a dialogue among four specific texts, Lichbach advances five constructive themes. First, comparativists should study the causal agency of individuals, groups and democracies. Second, three types of collective agency should be paired with an exploration of three corresponding moral dilemmas: ought-is, freedom-power and democracy-causality. Third, at the center of inquiry, comparativists should place big-P Paradigms and big-M Methodology. Fourth, as they play with research schools, creatively combining prescriptive and descriptive approaches to democratization, they should encourage a mixed-theory and mixed-method field. Finally, comparativists should study pragmatic questions about political power and democratic performance: in building a democratic state, which democracy, under which conditions, is best, and how might it be achieved?