Grand Theories and Ideologies in the Social Sciences

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction....Pages 1-18
Developmentalism Then and Now: The Origins and Resurgence of an Enduring Grand Theory....Pages 19-40
Marxism, Dependency, and the World Systems Approach: Are They Making a Comeback?....Pages 41-58
Political Culture: Explanatory Variable or Residual Category?....Pages 59-79
Sociological Approaches: Old and New in Political Sociology....Pages 81-96
Psychoanalysis and the Study of Political Science....Pages 97-112
Institutions and Institutionalism....Pages 113-126
Rational Choice Theory: Why Irrationality Makes More Sense for Comparative Politics....Pages 127-140
Environmental and Geographic Determinism: Jared Diamond and His Ideas....Pages 141-158
Science or Ideology?: Sociobiology and Its Aftermath....Pages 159-170
Neuronopolitics: The Brainy Approach to Political Science....Pages 171-190
Transitions to Democracy: Grand Theory or Grand Idea?....Pages 191-211
Non-Western and Indigenous Theories of Change....Pages 213-226
Conclusion....Pages 227-242
Back Matter....Pages 243-266