This four-volume collection provides a rich overview of one of the core areas of political science research: voting. The quantitative study of voting behavior (psephology) in particular has developed as a highly specialized field since the 1980s and has spawned a vast literature from a wide array of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches. This set maps out the development of psephology in the post-war period to its current state.
This four-volume collection provides a rich overview of one of the core areas of political science research: voting. The quantitative study of voting ...
The formal modeling techniques of rational choice theory have become central to the discipline of political science, for example with regard to the understanding of the working of legislatures, coalition governments, executive-bureaucracy relations, or electoral systems. The collection includes the very best work in this field, as well as an editors' introduction to each volume that describes the importance of the articles and their place in political science.
The formal modeling techniques of rational choice theory have become central to the discipline of political science, for example with regard to the un...
City politics is an ancient, enduring, and vibrant enterprise that can be traced back over two millennia. Its key concerns - reflected in the organization of this collection - include the nature of power, institutions, governance, community, scale, cross-national comparison, economic processes, as well as the urban citizenry itself and its uniquely urban problems and the public policy efforts to address such problems. The study of these concerns is inherently interdisciplinary, as local political processes are largely shaped by social forces, spatial dynamics, ethnic ethos, and economic...
City politics is an ancient, enduring, and vibrant enterprise that can be traced back over two millennia. Its key concerns - reflected in the organiza...
Political psychology is an interdisciplinary field in which psychological concepts and methods are used to test theories about elite and mass political behavior. The field draws on a diverse set of disciplinary sources, including anthropology, neuroscience, history, behavioral genetics, psychoanalysis, as well as all branches of psychology. This collection brings together this diverse body of work, organizing it and distilling it into a single vital reference source. Its aim is to provide a definitive set of classic and contemporary readings representing all theoretical, methodological and...
Political psychology is an interdisciplinary field in which psychological concepts and methods are used to test theories about elite and mass polit...
Corruption always grabs the headlines and the processes of political contention that created the modern state have done much to shape our notions of corruption and good government; yet very old ideas show surprising vitality as we examine the ways citizens understand and react to corruption issues. Corruption issues appeared as a major international policy concern around 1990, after a generation during which they received relatively little emphasis, and since that time the research literature has had unprecedented growth in quantity and quality.
This major reference collection...
Corruption always grabs the headlines and the processes of political contention that created the modern state have done much to shape our notions of c...
Presenting a collection of field-defining published works, both classical and contemporary, these four volumes define health systems, consider tensions in health policy, look at health systems comparatively, and examine the politics of health system reform.
Presenting a collection of field-defining published works, both classical and contemporary, these four volumes define health systems, consider tension...
Leadership is one of the principal interests of the social sciences. Drawing on psychology, sociology, anthropology and business studies as well as philosophy and history, this four-volume collection focuses in on democratic leadership in the political sphere. What makes a successful political leader? How much influence can an individual really have? Why are so few top political leaders women? David Bell roots this collection in the classic works of Machiavelli and Weber, before turning to the work of the American political scientists who were the first to study leadership in a systematic way...
Leadership is one of the principal interests of the social sciences. Drawing on psychology, sociology, anthropology and business studies as well as ph...
This four volume Major Work brings together the key articles that laid the foundations, extended and deepened the techniques, and demonstrated the application of the empirical-methodological toolbox of modern positive political science. The fundamental challenges of positive, empirical political science are many, and this collection helps to untangle and delineate the various issues by structuring the contents into four thematic sections: - Multicausality - Heterogeneity & Context Conditionality - Temporal & Unit (Inter)Dependence - Ubiquitous Endogeneity The...
This four volume Major Work brings together the key articles that laid the foundations, extended and deepened the techniques, and demonstrated the app...
Sage Library of Political Science The SAGE Library of Political Science houses collections that bring together the articles that have been most influential in shaping the discipline. Each multivolume set presents a collection of field-defining published works, both classical and contemporary, sourced from the foremost publications in the discipline by an internationally renowned editor or editorial team. They also include a full introduction, presenting a rationale for the selection and mapping out the past, present and likely future of each area. The...
Sage Library of Political Science The SAGE Library of Political Science houses collections that bring together the artic...