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Book SynopsisIn The Reenchantment of Political Science, Nasr M. Arif presents an unprecedented epistemological analysis of comparative politics and a reconstruction of the methodological foundation of political science. The aim of this study is to analyze, deconstruct, and synthesize theories of comparative politics in order to place them in their respective epistemological, historical, social, and scientific frameworks and discover their inner hypotheses, ideas, and theoretical potentialities, as well as their interpretative power. This understanding will come from assessing the validity of these theories for the study of issues in comparative politics.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 A Conceptual Framework for Scientific Research of Theories of Comparative Politics Chapter 3 Comparative Epistemology in Political Phenomena: The Concept, Justification, and Aims of Comparison Chapter 4 Levels of Comparison and Their Methodological Problems Chapter 5 Paradigms in Theories of Comparative Politics Chapter 6 Epistemological Sources of Theories of Comparative Politics Chapter 7 Contributions of the Pioneers and Traditional Approaches in Comparative Politics Chapter 8 The Class Perspective and Opposing Theories: Elite and Group Chapter 9 The Behaviorist Revolution in the Field of Comparative Politics Chapter 10 Theories of Comparative Politics in the Behaviorist Era Chapter 11 Theories of Comparative Politics in the Post-Behaviorism Era Chapter 12 Conclusion Chapter 13 Notes Chapter 14 Bibliography
