Concepts and Method in Social Science: The Tradition of Giovanni Sartori

by Collier; David

• ISBN13: 9780415775786
• ISBN10: 0415775787
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2009-01-26
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Drawing on the intellectual tradition of the leading comparative political science scholar, Giovanni Sartori, the contributors examine the theoretical and methodological basis of: Concept Analysis, Comparative Political Analysis and Qualitative Methods.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. vii
List of tables	p. viii
List of contributors	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Sartori on concepts and method	p. 11
Concept misformation in comparative politics	p. 13
What is politics?	p. 44
The Tower of Babel	p. 61
Guidelines for concept analysis	p. 97
Comparing and miscomparing	p. 151
Further observations on concepts, definitions, and models	p. 165
Extending the Sartori tradition	p. 179
Point of departure: intension and extension	p. 181
Revolution: untangling alternative meanings	p. 203
Culture: joining minimal definitions and ideal types	p. 241
Democracy: conceptual hierarchies in comparative research	p. 269
Peasant: clarifying meaning and refining explanation	p. 289
Institutionalization: unpacking the concept and explaining party change	p. 315
In the academy and beyond	p. 329
Chance, luck, and stubbornness: an autobiographical essay	p. 331
Teacher and mentor	p. 341
Giovanni Sartori: biography and bibliography	p. 347
Acknowledgments to reprint previously published material	p. 360
Index	p. 362
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