{"product_id":"the-study-of-politics-9781442601437","title":"The Study of Politics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Study of Politics explores and addresses the implications of committing to specific principles and methodologies in political science research.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments      1. Introduction to the Study of Politics    The Origins of the Discipline    The Language of Politics: Power, Influence, Legitimacy, and Authority    Folk Theories of Political Agency    Sources of Political Conduct    Five Modes of Inquiry    The Normative in Political Studies    A Taxonomy of Core Approaches    Conclusion    Further Reading       2. Three Traditional Approaches    Regime Theory    Analytical Political Studies    Political Philosophy    Conclusion    Further Reading       3. The Science of Political Studies    Institutionalism   Group Theory    Power Theory    Structural Functionalism    Systems Theory    Rational Choice Theory    Behaviouralism    Sociobiology    Conclusion    Further Reading       4. Interpretive Political Studies    Textual Analysis    (Political) Cultural Studies    Linguistic Structuralism    Interpretive Psychoanalysis    Conclusion    Further Reading       5. Critical Political Studies    Structuralist Marxism     Critical Psychoanalysis: The Frankfurt School and Existentialist Psychology    Feminist Analysis    Critical Race Theory    Postmodernism    Critical Ecology    Conclusion    Further Reading       6. A Short Conclusion    Intellectual Pluralism    Hybrid Approaches    Multidisciplinarity and Interdisciplinarity    Narrowing the Discipline    Other Lines of Response    A Little More Pedagogy       Index","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408346390871,"sku":"9781442601437","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442601437.jpg?v=1730502533","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-study-of-politics-9781442601437","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}