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Problems and Methods in the Study of Politics

Paperback • 2004 • English • 1. edition

Problems and Methods in the Study of Politics

By Ian Shapiro, Rogers M. Smith, Tarek E. Masoud

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About the book

The study of politics seems endlessly beset by debates about method. At the core of these debates is a single unifying concern: should political scientists view themselves primarily as scientists, developing ever more sophisticated tools and studying only those phenomena to which such tools may fruitfully be applied? Or should they instead try to illuminate the large, complicated, untidy problems thrown up in the world, even if the chance to offer definitive explanations is low? Is there necessa...Show more

Political science and theory
Political structure and processes
Political activism / Political engagement

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ISBN

9780521539432

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published year

2004

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Problems and Methods in the Study of Politics

Format

Paperback

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