Theories Of Comparative Politics: The Search For A Paradigm Reconsidered, Second Edition / Edition 2

by Ronald H Chilcote

Overview

Extensively revised and updated, this classic text revisits the central problem of searching for mainstream and alternative paradigms to guide us in comparative political inquiry. Building upon the first edition's comprehensive and systematic overview of frameworks, ideologies, and theories, the second edition highlights new directions and developments over the past decade, including the continuation of an ideological political science; methodological innovations such as rational-choice, historical, and postbehavioral approaches; new emphases on and links between political culture and participation; the recasting of modernization theory and the revitalization of class analysis; and a thoroughgoing post-Keynesian political economy point of view.The second edition continues the tradition of the first in updating what one reviewer commended as 'outstanding' excellent annotated bibliographies at the end of each chapter and the thorough survey of the general literature of comparative politics at the end of the book. In addition, the new edition includes an appendix of definitions that facilitate clarity and understanding of political science terminology, important for students at every level from the introductory on up.In a post-Cold War world in which challenges to comparative inquiry abound—ethnic conflict, authoritarian repression, state building and disintegration, new industrialization and postindustrialization, security systems redefined—the search for new paradigms that Theories of Comparative Politics represents gains in importance daily.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813310176
Publisher:	Westview Press
Publication date:	08/09/1994
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	440
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1350L (what's this?)

About the Author

Chilcote, Ronald H.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition — Introduction — Comparative Inquiry — Ideology and Epistemology — Ideology and Issues of Comparative Politics — Politics and the Science of Politics in Comparative Inquiry — Marx and Weber as Precursors — Theoretical Directions — Theories of System and State — Theories of Political Culture: Individual and Movement in the Struggle for Collectivity and the New Person — Theories of Development and Underdevelopment — Theories of Class: From Pluralist Elite to Ruling Class and Mass — Conclusion — Political Economy and a Reconstitution of Comparative Politics and Political Science — Appendix 1: Notes on Comparative Terminology — The General Literature of Comparative Politics Since 1980

Editorial Reviews

A revised edition (first, 1981) revisiting the central problem of searching for mainstream and alternative paradigms to guide us in comparative political inquiry. Chilcote's (political science and economics, U. of California, Riverside) introduction treats comparative inquiry; sections that follow include ideology and comparative politics; politics and the science of politics in comparative inquiry; Marx and Weber as precursors; theories of system and state, political culture, development and underdevelopment, and class; and political economy and a reconstitution of comparative politics and political science. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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