The Oxford Handbook of Political Science (Oxford Handbooks)

This handbook is a schematic guide and a sampler on political science. It first provides an overview of the state of political science as a discipline before turning to a discussion of political theory and its relationship with the discipline of political science, history, philosophy, and “real world” politics. It also explores contemporary themes and developments in political science, from liberalism and communitarianism to feminism, democracy and critical theory, green political theory, and post-structuralism. Moreover, the book explores current trajectories in political theory and political science, the present state of play in the political philosophy discussions initiated and stimulated by John Rawls, the disenchantment with modernity, political institutions, the makeup of and/or actions taken by political parties in and out of legislatures, the link between law and politics, political behavior and citizen politics, recent trends and most promising new areas of investigation in political psychology, contextual political analysis, the role of political science in international relations, the relationship between capitalism and democracy, and public policy. Drawing on the rich resources of the ten-volume series of The Oxford Handbooks of Political Science , this one-volume distillation provides a comprehensive overview of all the main branches of contemporary political political theory; political institutions; political behavior; comparative politics; international relations; political economy; law and politics; public policy; contextual political analysis; and political methodology. Sixty-seven of the top political scientists worldwide survey recent developments in those fields and provide penetrating introductions to exciting new fields of study. Following in the footsteps of the New Handbook of Political Science edited by Robert Goodin and Hans-Dieter Klingemann a decade before, this Oxford Handbook of Political Science will become an indispensable guide to the scope and methods of political science as a whole. It will serve as the reference book of record for political scientists and for those following their work for years to come. Drawing on the rich resources of the ten-volume series of The Oxford Handbooks of Political Science, this one-volume distillation provides a comprehensive overview of all the main branches of contemporary political science: political theory; political institutions; political behavior; comparative politics; international relations; political economy; law and politics; public policy; contextual political analysis; and political methodology. Sixty-seven of the top political scientists worldwide survey recent developments in those fields and provide penetrating introductions to exciting new fields of study. Following in the footsteps of the New Handbook of Political Science edited by Robert Goodin and Hans-Dieter Klingemann a decade before, this Oxford Handbook will become an indispensable guide to the scope and methods of political science as a whole. It will serve as the reference book of record for political scientists and for those following their work for years to come.