Politics as a science : a prolegomenon /
Schmitter, Philippe C.,
Politics as a science : a prolegomenon / Philippe C. Schmitter and Marc Blecher. - 1 online resource
The subject matter -- The foundations -- The consequences -- The discipline -- The design of research -- The purpose -- The promise.
"In Politics as a Science, two of the world's leading authorities on Comparative Politics, Philippe C. Schmitter and Marc Blecher, provide a lively introduction to the concepts and framework to study and analyze politics. Written with dexterity, concision and clarity, this short text makes no claim to being scientific. It contains no disprovable hypotheses, no original collection of evidence, and no search for patterns of association. Instead, Schmitter and Blecher keep the text broadly conceptual and theoretical to convey their vision of the sprawling subject of politics. They map the process in which researchers try to specify the goal of the trip, some of the landmarks likely to be encountered en route, and the boundaries that will circumscribe the effort. Examples, implications and elaborations are included in footnotes throughout the book. Politics as a Science is an ideal introduction for anyone interested in, or studying, Comparative Politics"--
9781000180220 1000180220 9781003032144 1003032141 9781000180169 1000180166 9781000180190 1000180190
Comparative government--Study and teaching.
Political science--Methodology.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Comparative
POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory
JF128
320.3
Politics as a science : a prolegomenon / Philippe C. Schmitter and Marc Blecher. - 1 online resource
The subject matter -- The foundations -- The consequences -- The discipline -- The design of research -- The purpose -- The promise.
"In Politics as a Science, two of the world's leading authorities on Comparative Politics, Philippe C. Schmitter and Marc Blecher, provide a lively introduction to the concepts and framework to study and analyze politics. Written with dexterity, concision and clarity, this short text makes no claim to being scientific. It contains no disprovable hypotheses, no original collection of evidence, and no search for patterns of association. Instead, Schmitter and Blecher keep the text broadly conceptual and theoretical to convey their vision of the sprawling subject of politics. They map the process in which researchers try to specify the goal of the trip, some of the landmarks likely to be encountered en route, and the boundaries that will circumscribe the effort. Examples, implications and elaborations are included in footnotes throughout the book. Politics as a Science is an ideal introduction for anyone interested in, or studying, Comparative Politics"--
9781000180220 1000180220 9781003032144 1003032141 9781000180169 1000180166 9781000180190 1000180190
Comparative government--Study and teaching.
Political science--Methodology.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Comparative
POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory
JF128
320.3