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

• Pubblicazione: Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; ; London, : SAGE, c2011; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : SAGE Pub., , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (448 pages)
• Disciplina: 320.905
• Soggetto topico: Political science
• Persona (resp. second.): IshiyamaJohn T. <1960->; BreuningMarijke <1957->
• 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Twenty-first century political science
• Titolo autorizzato: 21st century political science
• ISBN: 1-4833-0546-5; 1-4522-6636-0; 1-84972-750-3; 1-4129-7935-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785104103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: 21st century reference series (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)