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The State of the Discipline in American Political Science: Be Careful What You Wish For?
Mark Blyth,Robin Varghese +1 more
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The authors argue that the current state of the discipline is in many ways more a function of recurrent intellecrual dilemmas of a generai social scientific nature than they are about the particulars of the current debates in the field.Abstract:
This article is an attempt to survey and analyse current developments in American political science with particuIar reference to the current wave of institutionalist theory. The main thrust of this article is to argue rhat the current concerns of the field are hardly new issues, but rather perennial. We argue that the current ‘state of the discipline’ is in many ways more a function of recurrent intellecrual dilemmas of a generai social scientific nature than they are about the particulars of the current debates in the field. Most relevant to a British journal, we shall attempt to ‘step outside the hermeneutic circle’, and suggest which aspects of contemporary American political science are most relevant to British polirical scientists. This article is an attempt both to survey and analyse current developmentsread more
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Interpretation and Method : Empirical Research Methods and the Interpretive Turn
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors demonstrate the relevance, rigor, and creativity of interpretive research methodologies for the social and human sciences, and discuss how research topics, evidence, and methods intertwine to produce knowledge.
Pathologies of rational choice theory: A critique of applications in political science.
Donald P. Green,Ian Shapiro +1 more
TL;DR: Green and Shapiro as discussed by the authors assess rational choice theory where it is reputed to be most successful: the study of collective action, the behavior of political parties and politicians, and such phenomena as voting cycles and Prisoner's dilemma.
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Structures Do Not Come with an Instruction Sheet: Interests, Ideas, and Progress in Political Science
TL;DR: The authors examined the centrality of interest-based explanations in political science and argued that interests are far from the unproblematic and ever-ready explanatory instruments we assume them to be.
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Where Are All the Women? Institutional Context and the Prevalence of Women on the Corporate Board of Directors:
TL;DR: Grosvold as discussed by the authors addressed the influence of institutional context on the prevalence of women on co-authors' essays and the reflection commentary of the work of Dr. Johanne Grosvolds.
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‘Out with the old, in with the ‘‘new’’’: What constitutes a new party?:
Shlomit Barnea,Gideon Rahat +1 more
TL;DR: The question of what constitutes a new political party is central to the analysis of stability, continuity and change of party organizations, inter-party politics (party systems) and... as discussed by the authors.
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The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss points of convergence and disagreement with institutionally oriented research in economics and political science, and locate the "institutional" approach in relation to major developments in contemporary sociological theory.
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The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis
Walter W. Powell,Paul DiMaggio +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss points of convergence and disagreement with institutionally oriented research in economics and political science, and locate the "institutional" approach in relation to major developments in contemporary sociological theory.
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TL;DR: This now-classic examination of the development of viable political institutions in emerging nations is a major and enduring contribution to modern political analysis as mentioned in this paper, and its Foreword, Francis Fukuyama assesses Huntington's achievement, examining the context of the original publication as well as its lasting importance.