Idioms of Inquiry: Critique and Renewal in Political ScienceTerence Ball, Professor of Political Science Terence Ball SUNY Press, 1. jan. 1987 - 255 sider Idioms of Inquiry reflects the most recent and creative thinking in the field of political theory. The contributors agree that the old orthodox political theory is no longer viable, arguing instead for a pluralism of approaches. Each takes a particular idiom of inquiry on its own terms and analyzes its plausibility and internal limitations. The idioms discussed cover the current leading theories: rational choice, Popperian situational analysis, hermeneutics, phenomenology, critical theory, feminism, Foucauldian deconstructionism, and metascientific realism. |
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Is There Progress in Political Science? | 13 |
Resituating Explanation | 45 |
Rational Choice Theories | 67 |
Deadly Hermeneutics or Sinn and the Social Scientist | 95 |
Toward a Critical Political Science | 113 |
Interpretation Genealogy and Human Agency | 137 |
Political Inquiry Beyond Empiricism And Hermeneutics | 169 |
After Empiricism The Realist Alternative | 187 |
MaleOrdered Politics Feminism and Political Science | 209 |
Political Science and Political Choice Opacity Freedom and Knowledge | 231 |
Contributors | 249 |
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