Passion, Craft, And Method in Comparative Politics
by Munck, Gerardo L.; Snyder, RichardFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-05-30
Publisher(s): 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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