POLITICAL SCIENCE THEORY: FEATURES AND CHARACTERISTICS

Political Theory, Political Science, And The End Of Civic Engagement

The Republic of Science: Its Political and Economic Theory

My title is intended to suggest that the community of scientists is organized in a way which resembles certain features of a body politic and works according to economic principles similar to those by which the production of material goods is regulated. Much of what I will have to say will be common knowledge among scientists, but I believe that it will recast the subject from a novel point of ...

Political Science, Biometric Theory, and Twin Studies: A Methodological Introduction

As political scientists begin to incorporate biological influences as explanatory factors in political behavior, the need to present a methodological road map for utilizing biometric genetic theory and twin data is apparent. The classical twin design (CTD) remains the most popular design for initial examinations of the source of variance among social and political behaviors, and a vast majority...

Complexity Theory in Political Science and Public Policy

Advocates of complexity theory describe it as a new scientific paradigm. Complexity theory identifies instability and disorder in politics and policy making, and links them to the behaviour of complex systems. It suggests that we shift our analysis from individual parts of a political system to the system as a whole; as a network of elements that interact and combine to produce systemic behavio...

The Grounded Theory Method and its uses for political science

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