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Record Nr.

UNINA9910552781103321

Titolo

The Evolution of Political Knowledge : Theory and Inquiry in American Politics / . [Volume 1] Theory and inquiry in American politics / / Edward D. Mansfield and Richard Sisson, editors Theory and inquiry in American politics / . [Volume 1]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Maryland : , : Project Muse, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8142-7351-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 PDF (x, 369 pages) :) : illustrations

Disciplina

320/.0973

Soggetti

Political science

Political science - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Derived from papers presented at the 2001 annual meeting of the American Political Science Association. See page vii.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-348) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Theory and Inquiry in American Politics: An Introduction -- Edward D. Mansfield and Richard Sisson -- The Political Science Discipline -- David D. Laitin -- Reconnecting Political Theory to Empirical Inquiry, or, A Return to the Cave? -- Rogers M. Smith -- Democracy: Opinion and Action in Postwar America -- Donald R. Kinder -- Landmarks in the Study of Congress since 1945: Sketches for an Informal History -- Nelson W. Polsby and Eric Schickler -- The President and the Bureaucracy in the United States -- Joel D. Aberbach and Bert A. Rockman -- The Dynamics of Race and Governance in American Politics: Problems in Search of Theory, Leadership, and Resolution -- Lucius J. Barker and Katherine Tate -- Works Cited -- Index.