Edward Bryan Portis Michael B. Levy Edward Bryan Portis
This is not a true handbook' if by that term one means a brief reference work or a practical manual. It is, rather, a well-ordered collection of articles with a common concern: the relation between policy science (which is essentially empirical and instrumental) and normative political theory (which includes moral evaluation of the goals of political action and institutions). . . . The editors have designated three general points of view which, respectively, hold the relation between political theory and policy science to be complementary, ' integral, ' or mutually exclusive.' There are...
This is not a true handbook' if by that term one means a brief reference work or a practical manual. It is, rather, a well-ordered collection of ar...
Edward Bryan Portis Ruth Lessl Shively Adolf G. Gundersen
Political theorists typically define political action in terms of rational potential rather than conflict, and for this reason neglect the partisan nature of political experience. This volume redresses this neglect, focusing on the interrelated questions of whether the task of political theory is to find some means of containing partisan politics and whether political theory is itself separate from partisan politics. Each section of the book corresponds to one of three ways of conceiving the optimal or necessary relationship between political theory and partisan political struggle. The first...
Political theorists typically define political action in terms of rational potential rather than conflict, and for this reason neglect the partisan na...
