Record Nr.

UNINA9910785104103321

Titolo

21st century political science : a reference handbook / / editors, John T. Ishiyama, Marijke Breuning

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; ; London, : SAGE, c2011
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : SAGE Pub., , 2011

ISBN

1-4833-0546-5

1-4522-6636-0

1-84972-750-3

1-4129-7935-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (448 pages)

Collana

21st century reference series

Disciplina

320.905

Soggetti

Political science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based on print version record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; About the Editors; Part I: General Approaches in Political Science; 1 - HISTORY OF THE DISCIPLINE; 2 - POSTMODERNISM; 3 - NEOINSTITUTIONALISM; 4 - SYSTEMISM; 5 - RATIONALITY AND RATIONAL CHOICE; 6 - PRINCIPAL-AGENT THEORY; 7 - POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY; 8 - STRAUSSIANS; Part II: Comparative Politics; 9 - SYSTEMS THEORY AND STRUCTURAL FUNCTIONALISM; 10 - POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT AND MODERNIZATION; 11 - STATISM; 12 - DEPENDENCY AND DEVELOPMENT; 13 - CIVIL WARS; 14 - TERRORISM; 15 - POLITICAL AND MILITARY COUPS; 16 - RESOURCE SCARCITY AND POLITICAL CONFLICT

17 - ETHNIC CONFLICT18 - COMPARATIVE POLITICAL PARTIES: Systems and Organizations; 19 - ELECTORAL SYSTEMS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE; 20 - COMPARATIVE FEDERALISM, CONFEDERALISM, UNITARY SYSTEMS; 21 - PRESIDENTIALISM VERSUS PARLIAMENTARISM; 22 - COMPARATIVE JUDICIAL POLITICS; 23 - CIVIL SOCIETY; 24 - POLITICAL CULTURE; 25 - RELIGION AND COMPARATIVE POLITICS; 26 - ETHNIC AND IDENTITY POLITICS; 27 - SOCIAL MOVEMENTS; 28 - GENDER AND POLITICS; 29 - COMPARATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND CONFLICT; 30 - TOTALITARIANISM AND AUTHORITARIANISM; 31 -

SEMIAUTHORITARIANISM; 32 - MODELS OF DEMOCRACY

33 - PROCESSES OF DEMOCRATIZATION34 - COMPARATIVE METHODS; 35 - CASE STUDIES; Part III: International Relations; 36 - HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; 37 - REALISM AND NEOREALISM; 38 - IDEALISM AND LIBERALISM; 39 - DEPENDENCY AND WORLD-SYSTEMS; 40 - FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSIS; 41 - FEMINIST INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; 42 - LEADERSHIP AND DECISION MAKING; 43 - BALANCE OF POWER; 44 - DETERRENCE THEORY; 45 - RIVALRY, CONFLICT, AND INTERSTATE WAR; 46 - THE DEMOCRATIC PEACE; 47 - GLOBAL POLITICS OF RESOURCES AND RENTIERISM; 48 - COMPLEX INTERDEPENDENCE AND GLOBALIZATION

49 - INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY AND TRADE50 - NONSTATE ACTORS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; 51 - INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND REGIMES; 52 - INTERNATIONAL LAW; 53 - INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; Part IV: Political Science Methodology; 54 - EVOLUTION OF SCIENCE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE; 55 - POSITIVISM AND ITS CRITIQUE; 56 - CONSTRUCTIVISM; 57 - REGRESSION ANALYSIS; 58 - CONTENT ANALYSIS; 59 - LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS; 60 - QUALITATIVE VERSUS QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH; 61 - SURVEY RESEARCH; 62 - EXPERIMENTS; 63 - FORMAL THEORY AND SPATIAL MODELING; 64 - GAME THEORY; Part V: Political Thought

65 - THE ANCIENTS66 - ASIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT; 67 - ISLAMIC POLITICAL THOUGHT; 68 - CHRISTIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT; 69 - EARLY MODERNS AND CLASSICAL LIBERALS; 70 - NEOCLASSICAL LIBERALS; 71 - MODERN DEMOCRATIC THOUGHT; 72 - MODERN LIBERALISM, CONSERVATISM, AND LIBERTARIANISM; 73 - ANARCHISM; 74 - NATIONALISM; 75 - FASCISM AND NATIONAL SOCIALISM; 76 - MARXISM; 77 - REVISIONISM AND SOCIAL DEMOCRACY; 78 - LENINISM, COMMUNISM, STALINISM, AND MAOISM; 79 - SOCIALISM IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD; PART VI: AMERICAN POLITICS; 80 - FOUNDING OF THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM; 81 - URBAN POLITICS

82 - MEDIA AND POLITICS

Sommario/riassunto

This political science reference highlights the most important topics, issues, questions and debates any student obtaining a degree in this field need to master for effectiveness in the 21st century. The topics covered include public opinion, political parties and elections, political communication, and political economy.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00183111

Autore

PERKIN, Joan