Critical Comparisons in Politics and Culture
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- Editors:
- John Bowen, Washington University, St Louis
- Roger Petersen, Washington University, St Louis
- Date Published: October 1999
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521653794
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Leading anthropologists and political scientists are brought together in this volume to debate the problem of comparison, taking up a variety of topics from nationalist violence and labour strikes to ritual forms and religious practices. The contributors criticise conventional forms of comparative method, and introduce new comparative strategies, ranging from abstract model building to ethnographically based methods. They represent a wide variety of theoretical positions, from rational choice theory to interpretivism, and the issues are clarified in the cut and thrust of debate. This will be an excellent case book for courses on comparison across the social sciences.
Read more- Promising meeting ground between rational choice and interpretive versions of social science
- Excellent case book for courses on comparisons and methods across the social sciences
- Includes cutting edge work
- Most of the key literature is found in article form or as single pieces in generalized method volumes
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- Date Published: October 1999
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521653794
- length: 278 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 16 mm
- weight: 0.41kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction John R. Bowen and Roger Petersen
2. National revivals and violence David D. Laitin
3. Mechanisms and structures in comparison Roger Peterson
4. Comparative methodologies in the analysis of anthropological data Fredrik Barth
5. The role of comparison in light of the theory of culture Greg Urban
6. Case studies in contemporary job loss Miriam A. Golden
7. Defining the contours of an Islamic reform movement John Bowen
8. Producing an analytic narrative Margaret Levi
9. Political consciousness on Boa Ventura Allen Johnson
10. Comparisons in the context of a game theoretic argument Barbara Geddes
11. The role of microhistories in comparative studies John Bowen.
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