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The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics
Carles (Ed) Boix
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Description for The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics
Paperback. The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics offers a critical survey of the field of empirical political science through the collection of a set of chapters written by 48 top scholars in the discipline of comparative politics. Editor(s): Boix, Carles; Stokes, Susan C. Series: Oxford Handbooks of Political Science. Num Pages: 1040 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1590.
The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics offers a critical survey of the field of empirical political science through the collection of a set of chapters written by 48 top scholars in the discipline of comparative politics. Part I includes chapters surveying the key research methodologies employed in comparative politics (the comparative method; the use of history; the practice and status of case-study research; the contributions of field research) and assessing the possibility of constructing a science of comparative politics. Parts II to IV examine the foundations of political order: the origins of states and the extent to which they relate ... Read more
The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics offers a critical survey of the field of empirical political science through the collection of a set of chapters written by 48 top scholars in the discipline of comparative politics. Part I includes chapters surveying the key research methodologies employed in comparative politics (the comparative method; the use of history; the practice and status of case-study research; the contributions of field research) and assessing the possibility of constructing a science of comparative politics. Parts II to IV examine the foundations of political order: the origins of states and the extent to which they relate ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
1040
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Oxford Handbooks
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1034
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199566020
SKU
V9780199566020
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About Carles (Ed) Boix
Carles Boix is Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. He has written the books Political Parties, Growth and Equality (Cambridge University Press, 1998) and Democracy and Redistribution (Cambridge University Press, 2003). Both books won the American Political Science Association Award for the best book on political economy. Boix has also published articles in leading journals such American ... Read more
Reviews for The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics
This comprehensive work...provides a thorough and contemporary examination of the field of comparative politics and various central questions within it...there is more than enough material here (including detailed references) to keep scholars and bring graduate students completely up to date; indeed the analyses are often cutting edge. Lastly, inasmuch as this handbook series aspires to shape the discipline and not ... Read more