The Oxford Handbook of Political Science (Oxford Handbooks)

Drawing on the rich resources of the 10-volume series of The Oxford Handbooks of Political Science this one-volume distillation provides a comprehensive overview of the main branches of contemporary political science. It will serve as the reference book for political scientists and those following their work for years to come. Contents About the Contributors PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. The State of the Discipline, the Discipline of the State PART II: POLITICAL THEORY 2. Overview of Political Theory 3. Normative Methodology 4. Theory in History: Problems of Context and Narrative 5. Justice after Rawls 6. Modernity and its Critics PART III: POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS 7. Old Institutionalisms: An Overview 8. Elaborating the “New Institutionalism” 9. Comparative Constitutions 10. Political Parties In and Out of Legislatures 11. The Regulatory State? PART IV: LAW AND POLITICS 12. Overview of Law and Politics: The Study of Law and Politics 13. The Judicialization of Politics 14. Judicial Behavior 15. Law and Society 16. Feminist Theory and the Law PART V: POLITICAL BEHAVIOR 17. Overview of Political Behavior: Political Behavior and Citizen Politics 18. Political Psychology and Choice 19. Voters and Parties 20. Comparative Legislative Behavior 21. Political Intolerance in the Context of Democratic Theory PART VI: CONTEXTUAL POLITICAL ANALYSIS 22. Overview of Contextual Political Analysis: It Depends 23. Political Ontology 24. The Logic of Appropriateness 25. Why and How Place Matters 26. Why and How History Matters PART VII: COMPARATIVE POLITICS 27. Overview of Comparative Politics 28. War, Trade, and State Formation 29. What Causes Democratization? 30. Party Systems 31. Political Clientelism PART VIII: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 32. Overview of International Relations: Between Utopia and Reality 33. The New Liberalism 34. The English School 35. From International Relations to Global Society 36. Big Questions in the Study of World Politics 37. Six Wishes for a More Relevant Discipline of International Relations PART IX: POLITICAL ECONOMY 38. Overview of Political Economy: The Reach of Political Economy 39. Economic Methods in Positive Political Theory 40. Capitalism and Democracy 41. Politics, Delegation, and Bureaucracy 42. The Evolutionary Basis of Collective Action PART X: PUBLIC POLICY 43. Overview of Public Policy: The Public and its Policies 44. Social and Cultural Factors: Constraining and Enabling 45. Policy Dynamics 46. Reframing Problematic Policies 47. Reflections on Policy Analysis: Putting it Together Again PART XI: POLITICAL METHODOLOGY 48. Overview of Political Methodology: Post-behavioral Movements and Trends 49. Causation and Explanation in Social Science 50. Field Experiments and Natural Experiments 51. The Case Study: What It Is and What It Does 52. Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods APPENDIX Political Theory Political Institutions Law and Politics Political Behavior Contextual Political Analysis Comparative Politics International Relations Political Economy Public Policy Political Methodology Name Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Subject Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W 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.