Redefining Comparative Politics: Promise Versus Performance (Sage Library of Social Research 173) - Softcover

Mayer, Lawrence C.

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ISBN 10: 0803934645 ISBN 13: 9780803934641

Verlag: SAGE Publications Inc, 1989

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In the past three decades, the field of comparative politics has undergone significant change. Political scientists have attempted to transform the method of research and analysis from comparative analysis defined by geography to comparative analysis and the construction of explanatory theory. Mayer argues that the transformation of the discipline, the "revolution in comparative politics," predicted in the 1960s, has fallen short of its potential and expectations. In surveying and critiquing the major literature in the field and those topics which have been most hotly debated, this volume charts the breakdown in consensus on the nature and purpose of the field of comparative politics and provides a keen analysis of subsequent methods and trends. The Promise and Performance of Comparative Politics offers useful suggestions for future directions and research agendas in the field of comparative politics and will be a valuable asset to students and professionals in political theory, political science, comparative politics, and international relations.

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Lawrence Mayer is professor of political science at Texas Tech University. His current research interests include party system change, especially in the weakening of mainstream parties of the moderate left and right, and the emergence of populist parties of identity. His published books include: Comparative Politics: Nations and Theories in a Changing World (With Burnett, Ogden, and Tuman), American Public Policy (with Cochran, Carr, and Cayer), Redefining Comparative Politics, Politics in Industrial Societies (with Burnett), and Comparative Political Inquiry: A Methodological Survey. His articles have appeared in Political Science and Politics, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Comparative Political Studies, The Western Political Quarterly, Teaching Political Science, and West European Politics.

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• Verlag: SAGE Publications Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1989
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0803934645
• ISBN 13: 9780803934641
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304
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