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Weisberg Herbert F |
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Political Science [[electronic resource] ] : The Science of Politics |
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New York, : Algora Publishing, 2007 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (320 p.) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE: The Science of Politics; CONTENTS; Preface; About the Contributors; Part I The Science of Political Science; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION: THE SCIENCE OF POLITICS AND POLITICAL CHANGE; CHAPTER 2 POLITICAL SCIENCE AS SCIENCE; CHAPTER 3 THE SCIENCE OF POLITICS AND ITS LIMITS; Part II The Science of Political Institutions; CHAPTER 4 INSTITUTIONAL EQUILIBRIUM AND EQUILIBRIUM INSTITUTIONS; CHAPTER 5 THE CYCLES OF LEGISLATIVE CHANGE: BUILDING A DYNAMIC THEORY; CHAPTER 6 PRESIDENTIAL. AND EXECUTIVE STUDIES: THE ONE, THE FEW, AND THE MANY |
CHAPTER 7 THE SOCIAL SCIENCE OF JUDICIAL POLITICSCHAPTER 8 THE POSITIVE THEORY OF HIERARCHIES; Part III The Science of Political Behavior; CHAPTER 9 STRUCTURAL ESTIMATION WITH LIMITED VARIABLES; CHAPTER 10 THE DYNAMICS OF PUBLIC OPINION; CHAPTER 11 CHOICE, CONTEXT, AND CONSEQUENCE: Beaten and Unbeaten Paths toward a Science of Electoral Behavior; CHAPTER 12 MODEL CHOICE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE: The Case of Voting Behavior Research, 1 946 - 1 975; Author Index |
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If at one time we thought that the movement to science would yield unification of the discipline, it is now apparent that there are many roads to science. Still it is important for us to consider yet again what the appropriate goals are for our scientific enterprise. What works in theory building; induction and deduction; prediction and control; the search for useful principles to guide us - examining these questions, we can build a better science. Political science has come so far as a discipline that different schools and scholars have different |
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