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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812192803321

Titolo

Political theory : methods and approaches / / edited by David Leopold and Marc Stears

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-383-03642-X

1-281-82554-9

9786611825546

0-19-155206-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Altri autori (Persone)

LeopoldDavid

StearsMarc

Disciplina

320.01

Soggetti

Political science - Philosophy

Political science - Methodology

Political science - Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2008.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [216]-219) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / David Leopold and Marc Stears -- Analytical political philosophy / Daniel McDermott -- Political philosophy for Earthlings / David Miller -- Political theory, social science, and real politics / Adam Swift and Stuart White -- Why be formal? / Iwao Hirose -- Recognition as fact and norm : the method of critique / Lois McNay -- Dialectical approaches / David Leopold -- Political theory and history / Mark Philp -- Using archival sources to theorize about politics / Sudhir Hazareesingh and Karma Nabulsi -- Political theory and the boundaries of politics / Elizabeth Frazer -- Thinking politically and thinking about politics : language, interpretation, and ideology / Michael Freeden.

Sommario/riassunto

This collection introduces readers to many of the often unelaborated methods and approaches that currently inform the work of leading scholars in political theory. Amongst the topics covered are the complex and contested connections between political theory and a range of adjacent disciplines.