| The Oxford Handbook of Contextual Political Analysis Contributor(s): Goodin, Robert E. (Editor), Tilly, Charles (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0199548447 ISBN-13: 9780199548446 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $57.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Reference - Philosophy | Political |
| Dewey: 320.01 |
| Series: Oxford Handbooks of Political Science |
| Physical Information: 1.6" H x 6.7" W x 9.6" (3.00 lbs) 888 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Oxford Handbook of Contextual Political Analysis sets out to synthesize and critique for the first time those approaches to political science that offer a more fine-grained qualitative analysis of the political world. The work in the volume has a common aim in being sensitive to the thoughts of contextual nuances that disappear from large-scale quantitative modeling or explanations based on abstract, general, universal laws of human behavior. It shows that 'context matters' in a great many ways: philosophical context matters; psychological context matters; cultural and historical contexts matter; place, population, and technology all matter. By showcasing scholars who specialize in the analysis of all these contexts side-by-side, The Oxford Handbook of Contextual Political Analysis shows how political scientists can take those crucial contextual factors systematically into account. |