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2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 497 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in comparative politics
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Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
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| Note |
Based on papers presented at a conference at the Bellagio Conference and Study Center in October 2006. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
1. Paradigms and pragmatism: comparative politics during the past decade Mark I. Lichbach and Alan S. Zuckerman; 2. Thinking and working: discovery, explanation, and evidence in comparative politics Mark Irving Lichbach; 3. Advancing explanation in comparative politics: social mechanisms, endogenous processes, and empirical rigor Alan S. Zuckerman; 4. Strong theory, complex history: structure and configuration in comparative politics revisited Ira Katznelson; 5. Reconsiderations of rational choice in comparative and historical analysis Margaret Levi; 6. Culture in comparative political analysis Marc Ross; 7. Researching the state Joel S. Migdal; 8. An approach to comparative analysis, or a sub-field within a sub-field? Political economy Mark Blyth; 9. The global context of comparative politics Etel Solingen; 10. Comparative perspectives on contentious politics Doug McAdam, Sidney Tarrow and Charles Tilly; 11. Citizenship in democratic politics: density dependence and the micro-macro divide Robert Huckfeldt; 12. Macropolitics and microbehavior in comparative politics Christopher J. Anderson; 13. Back to the future: endogenous institutions and comparative politics Jonathan Rodden; 14. The comparative political economy of the welfare state Isabela Mares; 15. Making causal claims about the effect of 'ethnicity' Kanchan Chandra. |
| Summary |
This collection of essays reassesses rational choice theory, culturalist analysis, and structuralist approaches to comparative politics. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Political science -- Research -- Congresses.
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Political science -- Research. |
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Comparative government -- Research -- Congresses.
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Comparative government -- Research. |
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Comparative government. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Electronic book.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Lichbach, Mark Irving, 1951-
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Zuckerman, Alan S., 1945-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Comparative politics. 2nd ed. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521885157 (DLC) 2008016517 (OCoLC)224445544 |
| ISBN |
9781139129671 (electronic book) |
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1139129678 (electronic book) |
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051147783X (electronic book) |
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9780511477836 (electronic book) |
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9780511804007 (electronic book) |
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0511804008 (electronic book) |
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9780521885157 |
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0521885159 |
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9780521586689 (paperback) |
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0521586682 (paperback) |
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9780521712347 |
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0521712343 |
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