Passion, Craft, And Method in Comparative Politics

by Munck, Gerardo L.; Snyder, Richard; Almond, Gabriel A. (CON); Bates, Robert H. (CON); Collier, David (CON)

• ISBN13: 9780801884634
• ISBN10: 0801884632
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780801892059
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-05-30
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Summary

In the first collection of interviews with the most prominent scholars in comparative politics since World War II, Gerardo L. Munck and Richard Snyder trace key developments in the field during the twentieth century. Organized around a broad set of themes -- intellectual formation and training; major works and ideas; the craft and tools of research; colleagues, collaborators, and students; and the past and future of comparative politics -- these in-depth interviews offer unique and candid reflections that bring the research process to life and shed light on the human dimension of scholarship. Giving voice to scholars who practice their craft in different ways yet share a passion for knowledge about global politics, Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Politics offers a wealth of insights into contemporary debates about the state of knowledge in comparative politics and the future of the field.

Author Biography

Gerardo L. Munck is an associate professor at the School of International Relations, University of Southern California and the author of the award-winning book Authoritarianism and Democratization: Soldiers and Workers in Argentina, 1976--83. Richard Snyder is an associate professor of political science at Brown University and author of Politics after Neoliberalism: Reregulation in Mexico.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
The Human Dimension of Comparative Research	p. 1
The Past and Present of Comparative Politics	p. 32
The Interviews
Structural Functionalism and Political Development	p. 63
The Critical Spirit and Comparative Historical Analysis	p. 86
Normative Theory, Empirical Research, and Democracy	p. 113
Political Regimes and the Quest for Knowledge	p. 150
Order and Conflict in Global Perspective	p. 210
Political Institutions, Divided Societies, and Consociational Democracy	p. 234
Democratization, Political Engagement, and Agenda-Setting Research	p. 273
Corporatism, Democracy, and Conceptual Traveling	p. 305
Peasants, Power, and the Art of Resistance	p. 351
Democratic Governance and the Craft of Case-Based Research	p. 392
Capitalism, Democracy, and Science	p. 456
Markets, Politics, and Choice	p. 504
Critical Junctures, Concepts, and Methods	p. 556
Culture, Rationality, and the Search for Discipline	p. 601
States, Revolutions, and the Comparative Historical Imagination	p. 649
Date and Location of the Interviews	p. 709
References	p. 711
Name Index	p. 757
Subject Index	p. 765
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