The Relevance of Political Science

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Beschreibung

What does political science tell us about important real-world problems and issues? And to what extent does and can political analysis contribute to solutions? Debates about the funding, impact and relevance of political science in contemporary democracies have made this a vital and hotly contested topic of discussion, and in this original text authors from around the world respond to the challenge.

A robust defence is offered of the achievements of political science research, but the book is not overly sanguine given its sustained recognition of the need for improvement in the way that political science is done. New insights are provided into the general issues raised by relevance, into blockages to relevance, and into the contributions that the different subfields of political science can and do make. The book concludes with a new manifesto for relevance that seeks to combine a commitment to rigour with a commitment to engagement.

Über den Autor

Gerry Stoker is Professor of Governance at the University of Southampton, UK.

Zusammenfassung

The first book length defence of the relevance of political science

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; the Editors
PART I
1. Challenging Three Blockages to Relevance and Political Science: the Obvious, the Avoidable and the Thorny; Gerry Stoker
2. The Relevance of Relevance; John Gerring
3. Relevant to whom? Relevant for what? The Role and Public Responsibility of the Political Analyst; Colin Hay
4. The Rediscovery of the Political Imagination; Matthew Flinders
5. Guilty as Charged? Human Well-Being and the Unsung Relevance of Political Science; Bo Rothstein
6. Why Did Nobody Warn US? Political Science and the Crisis; Graham Wilson
PART II
7. The Relevance of the Academic Study of Public Policy; Sarah Giest, Michael Howlett and Ishani Mukherjee
8. Why Political Theory Matters; Thom Brooks
9. Constructivism and Interpretive Approaches: Especially Relevant or Especially Not?; Craig Parsons
10. Is Comparative Politics Useful? If so, for What?; B. Guy Peters
11. Can Political Science Solve the Puzzles of Global Governance?; Jon Pierre
12. Maximising the Relevance of Political Science for Public Policy in the Era of Big Data; Helen Margetts
Conclusion; the Editors.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2015
Genre:	Importe , Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	Political Analysis
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9780230201095
ISBN-10:	0230201091
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Pierre, Jon Peters, B. Guy Stoker, Gerry
Redaktion:	Stoker, Gerry Peters, B. Guy Pierre, Jon
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Political Analysis
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 140 x 16 mm
Von/Mit:	Jon Pierre (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	26.03.2015
Gewicht:	0,38 kg