Comparative Politics: Theoretical and Methodological Challenges

ISBN-13: 9781783472062 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 208 str.

Dietmar Braun;Martino Maggetti

Opis

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.