Theories Of Comparative Politics / Edition 2

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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 postbehavioral 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.
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A revised edition (first, 1981) revisiting the central problem of searching for mainstream and alternative paradigms to guide us in comparative political inquiry. Chilcote's (political science and economics, U. of California, Riverside) introduction treats comparative inquiry; sections that follow include ideology and comparative politics; politics and the science of politics in comparative inquiry; Marx and Weber as precursors; theories of system and state, political culture, development and underdevelopment, and class; and political economy and a reconstitution of comparative politics and political science. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780813310176
  • Publisher: Westview Press
  • Publication date: 8/9/1994
  • Edition description: REV
  • Edition number: 2
  • Pages: 440
  • Lexile: 1350L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 0.98 (w) x 6.00 (h) x 9.00 (d)

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgments
Pt. 1 Introduction
1 Comparative Inquiry 3
Pt. 2 Ideology and Epistemology
2 Ideology and Issues of Comparative Politics 21
3 Politics and the Science of Politics in Comparative Inquiry 55
4 Marx and Weber as Precursors 77
Pt. 3 Theoretical Directions
5 Theories of System and State 121
6 Theories of Political Culture: Individual and Movement in the Struggle for Collectivity and the New Person 177
7 Theories of Development and Underdevelopment 215
8 Theories of Class: From Pluralist Elite to Ruling Class and Mass 284
Pt. 4 Conclusion
9 Political Economy and a Reconstitution of Comparative Politics and Political Science 339
Appendix 1: Notes on Comparative Terminology 367
Appendix 2: The General Literature of Comparative Politics Since 1980 378
About the Book and Author 395
Index 397
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