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Oxford University Press, 2006. — 883 p. — (Oxford Handbooks of Political Science). Long recognized as one of the main branches of political science, political theory has in recent years burgeoned in many different directions. Close textual analysis of historical texts sits alongside more analytical work on the nature and normative grounds of political values. Continental and...

Oxford University Press, 2006. — 869 p. — (Oxford Handbooks of Political Science). The Oxford Handbooks of Political Science is a ten-volume set of reference books offering authoritative and engaging critical overviews of the state of political science. This volume, The Oxford Handbook of Contextual Political Analysis , sets out to synthesize and critique for the first time...

Springer Science + Business Media, LLC. 2010. ISBN : 978-0-387-68929- 6. e-ISBN : 978-0-387-68930- 2. (656 pages). Series : Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research Series Editor: Howard B. Kaplan. Theory in the Study of Politics - Political Change and Transformation - Methods in the Study of Politics. The study of politics and political phenomena is important for...

Oxford University Press, 2008. — 224 p. Political Theory: Methods and Approaches is one of the first books to analyze research methods in political theory and political philosophy. Drawing together essays by a distinguished set of contributors, this rich and varied collection introduces students to many of the often unelaborated methods and approaches that currently inform the...

Oxford University Press, 2006. — 983 p. — (Oxford Handbooks of Political Science). Public policy is the business end of political science. It is where theory meets practice in the pursuit of the public good. Political scientists approach public policy in myriad ways. Some approach the policy process descriptively, asking how the need for public intervention comes to be...

Oxford University Press, 2006. — 816 p. — (Oxford Handbooks of Political Science). The study of political institutions is among the founding pillars of political science. With the rise of the 'new institutionalism', the study of institutions has returned to its place in the sun. This volume provides a comprehensive survey of where we are in the study of political institutions,...