03084nam 2200697Ia 450 991045123640332120200520144314.01-281-36180-197866113618080-230-60332-710.1057/9780230603325(CKB)1000000000342517(EBL)308064(OCoLC)314792424(SSID)ssj0001660354(PQKBManifestationID)16440703(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001660354(PQKBWorkID)14985759(PQKB)10127343(SSID)ssj0000283364(PQKBManifestationID)11225612(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283364(PQKBWorkID)10247965(PQKB)11751714(DE-He213)978-0-230-60332-5(MiAaPQ)EBC308064(Au-PeEL)EBL308064(CaPaEBR)ebr10171504(CaONFJC)MIL136180(EXLCZ)99100000000034251720060601d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRace, performance, and approval of mayors[electronic resource] /Susan E. Howell1st ed. 2007.New York Palgrave Macmillan20061 online resource (193 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-349-53530-3 1-4039-7459-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; List of Previous Publications; Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Performance Models and Mayoral Approval; Chapter 2 Black Mayors in America: A Historical Overview; Chapter 3 Mayoral Racial History in Four Cities; Chapter 4 Conducting the Four City Study; Chapter 5 How Race Affects Performance Evaluations; Chapter 6 Explaining Mayoral Approval; Chapter 7 Conclusion and Discussion; Appendix; References; IndexPlease note this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title (PTO). Stock of this book requires shipment from an overseas supplier. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. This book is a study of why people approve and disapprove of the mayor in four cities with long histories of racial conflict: New Orleans, Detroit, Chicago and Charlotte NC. It examines the relative influence of race, racial factors, racial environment, and perceptions of the quality of life in determining mayoral approval.MayorsUnited StatesCase studiesAfrican American mayorsPublic opinionCase studiesUnited StatesRace relationsCase studiesElectronic books.MayorsAfrican American mayorsPublic opinion320.8/54Howell Susan E1000524MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451236403321Race, performance, and approval of mayors2296529UNINA04099nam 22006493u 450 991078070350332120230207231013.01-282-44470-097866124447080-472-02485-X(CKB)2520000000006843(EBL)3414583(OCoLC)824100080(SSID)ssj0000421154(PQKBManifestationID)11252126(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000421154(PQKBWorkID)10411839(PQKB)11724682(MiAaPQ)EBC3414583(EXLCZ)99252000000000684320160815d2009|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrIs Rational Choice Theory All of Social Science?[electronic resource]Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press20091 online resource (336 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-472-06819-9 Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I. Foils and Stories; 1. Three Approaches to Foils; 1.1. Rational Choice Theory and Its Foils; 1.2. Social Scientific Theories and Their Foils; 1.3. Foils in the Academy; 1.4. My Hope for This Book; 2. Three Types of Stories; 2.1. Deep Stories; 2.2. Exemplar Theorists; 2.3. Ideal Types; 2.4. The Rational Reconstruction of Research Programs; 2.5. The Trouble with Stories: Thin and Thick Research Communities; 2.6. Typologies and Genealogies; Part II. The Rationalist Challenge; 3. Rational/Social Choice Theory; 3.1. Thin and Thick Rationalists3.2. Rationalist Ontology3.3. Rationalist Methodology; 4. Rationalism and Hegemony; 4.1. Why Rationalist Social Science Tends toward Hegemony; 4.2. The Result: Theoretical Synthesis and Empirical Conciliation; 4.3. Countertendencies: How Rationalist Social Science Defines Its Baselines and Boundaries; 4.4. Countertendencies: Why Rationalist Social Science Lowers Its Positivistic Pretensions; 4.5. Modest Rational Choice Theory; Part III. The Alternatives to Rationalist Hegemony; 5. Cultural/Interpretive Theory; 5.1. Thin and Thick Culturalists; 5.2. Culturalist Ontology5.3. Culturalist Methodology5.4. Culturalist Lacunae; 6. Structural/Institutional Theory; 6.1. Thin and Thick Structuralists; 6.2. Structuralist Ontology; 6.3. Structuralist Methodology; 6.4. Structuralist Lacunae; Part IV. The Debate about the Debate; 7. The Need for Synthesis: Structure and Action; 7.1. For Synthesis; 7.2. Types of Syntheses; 7.3. Structure/Institution and Action/Process; 7.4. Methodological Synthesis: The Causal and the Interpretive; 7.5. The Importance of Synthesis; 8. The Need for Analysis: Models and Foils; 8.1. For Models and Foils; 8.2. Against Synthesis8.3. Conclusion: Synthesis and AnalysisPart V. The Philosophy of Science; 9. The General and the Particular; 9.1. The Research Programs; 9.2. Weber's Approach; 9.3. The General and the Particular in the Social Sciences; 10. Models and Foils: A Modest Philosophy of Science for Social Science; 10.1. Theory; 10.2. Evidence; 10.3. Theory and Evidence; 10.4. Evaluation; 10.5. How a Modest Rationalist Evaluates Theory and Evidence; Notes; References; IndexA timely examination of the current ""paradigm wars"" in political scienceElectronic books. -- localRational choice theorySocial choiceSociology & Social HistoryHILCCSocial ChangeHILCCSocial SciencesHILCCElectronic books. -- local.Rational choice theory.Social choice.Sociology & Social HistorySocial ChangeSocial Sciences301/.01Lichbach Mark I1563585AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910780703503321Is Rational Choice Theory All of Social Science3832105UNINA