Conceptualising Comparative Politics

Herausgeber: Spanakos, Anthony Petros; Panizza, Francisco

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Produktbeschreibung

Conceputalising Comparative Politics breaks new ground by emphasising the role of thoroughly thinking through concepts and deep familiarity with the case that inform the conceptual reflection. In this thought-provoking book, established academics as well as emerging scholars in the field collect (and invite) scholarship in the tradition of conceptual comparative politics. The book posits that concepts may be used comparatively as 'lenses', 'building blocks' and 'scripts', and contributors show how these conceptual tools can be employed in original comparative research. Importantly, contributors do not simply use concepts in one of these three ways but they apply them with careful consideration of empirical variation. This book will challenge you to think of how to engage in conceptual comparative inquiry and how to use various methodologically sound techniques to understand and explain comparative politics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9781138782921
• ISBN-10: 1138782920
• Artikelnr.: 41853430

Autorenporträt

Anthony Petros Spanakos is an associate professor of political science and law at Montclair State University. Francisco Panizza is Professor of Comparative and Latin American Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Inhaltsangabe

Selected Contents: 1. Conceptualising Comparative Politics: A Framework
Anthony Petros Spanakos Part 1: Concepts as lenses 2. Conceptualising
Europe as a 'Region-State' Vivien A. Schmidt 3. Bricolage as an Analytical
Lens in New Institutionalist Theory Martin B. Carstensen 4. The Secular
State: Proposing a New Perspective Birol Bäkan 5. The Quality And Stability
Of Subnational Elections In Africa: A Methodological and Conceptual Tool
Ragnhild Louise Muriaas Part 2: Concepts as Building Blocks 6. Human
Rights: Building Blocks for a Comparative Politics of Power Todd Landman
7. Reconsidering Electoral Contestation Through Voter Mobilization Allyson
Lucinda Benton 8. Measuring or Redefining Concepts in Comparative Politics?
Challenges in Comparative Public Opinion Zsolt Nyiri Part 3: Concepts as
Scripts 9. Statehood and Segmentary Governance: An Essay on Political
Change in a West African City Till Förster 10. Populism, Social Democracy
and The Tale Of The "Two Lefts" In Latin America Francisco Panizza 11.
Institutionalities and Political Change in Bolivarian Venezuela Anthony
Petros Spanakos Part 4: Concluding Remarks Epilogue: Comparing Beyond
Methods Francisco Panizza Index