Theories Of Comparative Politics: The Search For A Paradigm Reconsidered, Second Edition

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Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Tables and Figures
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgments
PART 1 INTRODUCTION
	1 Comparative Inquiry
		Issues of Theory and Comparative Inquiry
		Past Influences
		Outline of This Study
			State and Systems Theories
			Culture Theories
			Developmental Theories
			Class Theories
			Political Economy Theories
		Into the 1990s: Assessment of Old and New Directions
		References
PART 2 IDEOLOGY AND EPISTEMOLOGY
	2 Ideology and Issues of Comparative Politics
		Myth and Reality of Politics
		Politics and the Profession
		Scholarship, Ethics, and the Establishment
		Social Science and Government
		Social Science and the Multinationals
		Summary
		References
	3 Politics and the Science of Politics in Comparative Inquiry
		THE SEARCH FOR PARADIGMS (SYNTHESIZING THE FIELD OF COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS)
			Three Approaches
			Identification of Paradigms
		HISTORICAL ROOTS AND FUNDAMENTAL PREMISES OF THE PARADIGMATIC SEARCH
			Positivist Thought: The Legacy of Thinkers and Concepts in the Movement to Establish a Mainstream Paradigm
				The Early Positivists
				The Early Political Sociologists
				The Early Behaviorists
			Historicist Thought: Past and Present in the Movement to Establish an Alternative Paradigm
				The Early Historicists
				Later Historicist Influences and Trends
		SUMMARY COMPARISON OF DOMINANT PARADIGMS IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS
		References
	4 Marx and Weber as Precursors
		Karl Marx
			Early Works: 1840-1845
			Works of the Break: 1845 and 1846
			Transitional Works: 1846-1857
			Mature Works: 1857-1883
		Max Weber
			Early Works: 1889-1897
			Works on Religion and Secularity: 1903-1920
			Works on Political Sociology and Methodology
		Marx and Weber in Perspective
		Paradigmatic Influences on Comparative Politics
			State Theory
			Culture Theory
			Development Theory
			Class Theory
		References
PART 3 THEORETICAL DIRECTIONS
	5 Theories of System and State
		MAINSTREAM THEORIES OF SYSTEM
			Understanding the Systems Terminology
			Origins and Orientations of Systems Theory
		SYSTEMS AS ORGANIC OR PHYSIOLOGICAL: DAVID EASTON AND GENERAL SYSTEMS THEORY
			Easton's Framework
			Origins of Thought and Influences That Shaped Easton's Interpretation
			Some Criticisms of the Eastonian Framework
		SYSTEMS AS STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION: GABRIEL ALMOND AND HIS PRECURSORS
			Almond's Formulation
			Origins of Thought and Influences on Almond
				Macro-Structural Functionalism or Grand Theory
				Micro-Structural Functionalism and Partial or Middle-Range Theory
			Criticisms of Almond and Structural Functionalism
		ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES OF SYSTEM
			System in a Dialectical Materialist Perspective
			Systems Analysis in a Socialist Society
			Directions for a Radical Understanding of Systems Theory
			Implications of Approaches to Systems Theory
		TOWARD A THEORY OF THE STATE
			Mainstream Theories of the State
				Pluralist Capitalist Perspective
				Institutional Perspective
				Corporatist Perspective
				Bureaucratic Authoritarian Perspective
			Alternative Theories of the State
				Pluralist Socialist Perspective
				Instrumentalist Perspective
				Structuralist Perspective
				Feminist Perspective
		References
	6 Theories of Political Culture: Individual and Movement in the Struggle for Collectivity and the New Person
		THE MAINSTREAM CONCEPTUALIZATION OF CULTURE AND POLITICAL CULTURE
			Interpretations of Political Culture at a General Level
			Interpretations of Political Culture at a Specific Level
				Communication Studies
				Socialization Studies
			A Critique of Culture Theory
		TOWARD AN ALTERNATIVE
			Rational-Choice Theory and Formal Modeling
			Marxist Rational Choice
			New Social Movements
			Radical Views of Culture
		CULTURAL SPHERES AND SOCIALIST EXPERIENCES
			The Soviet Union
			China
			Cuba
		PROSPECTS FOR A THEORY OF POLITICAL CULTURE
		References
	7 Theories of Development and Underdevelopment
		POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
		DEVELOPMENT AND NATIONALISM
		MODERNIZATION
			Stage Theory and Modernization
			Modernization and Decay of Society
			The Politics of Modernization
			Criticism of Mainstream Theories
		UNDERDEVELOPMENT
			Capitalist Development in the Center and Underdevelopment in the Periphery
			Unequal Development
			Uneven Development
		DEPENDENCY
			Definitions of Dependency
			Approaches to Dependency theory
				Desarrollista, Structuralist, National Autonomous Development
				Internal Colonialism
				Poles of Development
				Dependent Capitalist Development
				Monopoly Capitalism
				Subimperialism
				Capitalist Development of Underdevelopment
				New Dependency
			The Lack of a Unified Dependency Theory: A Critical Assessment
			Is Dependency Theory Really Dead?
		IMPERIALISM
			Hobson: Domestic Underconsumption as a Cause of Imperialism
			Kautsky: Peaceful Resolution of Imperialism
			Schumpeter: Withering Away of Imperialism
			Galtung: Structural Theory of Imperialism
			Luxemburg and Bukharin: Accumulation of Capital and Imperialism
			Lenin: Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism
			Baran and Sweezy and Magdoff: Monopoly Capital and the Multinationals
		THE PROSPECTS FOR A THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT
		References
	8 Theories of Class: From Pluralist Elite to Ruling Class and Mass
		PLURALISM
			Pluralism and the Elitist Theory of Democracy
			Pluralism and Polyarchy
			Pluralism and Socialism
			Pluralism and the New Social Movements
			Analytical Marxism and Rational Choice
		INSTRUMENTALISM
			The Legacy of Power Structure in the Community
			Power Structure and Instrumentalism: Mills and Domhoff
			Marxist Intrumentalism: Miliband
			Criticism of Instrumentalist Theory
		STRUCTURALISM
			Structuralism in Marx and Lévi-Strauss
			Political Structuralism: Gramsci, Althusser, and Poulantzas
			Structuralism and the Middle Classes
			The New Structuralism
			Economic Structuralism: Sweezy and Baran and O'Connor
			Class Analysis of the Modern World System: Wallerstein
			Criticism of Structuralist Theory
		CRITICALISM: IDEOLOGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS
		STATISM AND CLASS STRUGGLE
		THE ISSUES OF A CLASS ANALYSIS
			The Role of State and Ruling Class
			Class Categories of Analysis
			Levels of Conceptualization of Class
			Relationship of Base and Superstructure
			Implications of Precapitalist and Capitalist Social Formations
		References
PART 4 CONCLUSION
	9 Political Economy and a Reconstitution of Comparative Politics and Political Science
		TOWARD A MARXIST UNDERSTANDING OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
			Pedagogy
			Theory
			Method
			Concept
		ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
			Theorists of the Ancient and Middle Ages
			The Mercantilists
			The Classical Liberals
			The Utopian Socialists
			Marx
			The Marginalist Neoclassicists
			The Keynesians
			The Post-Keynesians
			The Neo-Marxists
		GUIDELINES FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
			Accumulation
			International Political Economy and Theories of Imperialism and Dependency
			Comparative Political Economy and Theories of State and Class
		References
	Appendix 1: Notes on Comparative Terminology
		Theory and Inquiry
		Aspects of Theory
			Concepts
			Generalizations, Propositions, and Hypotheses
			Types and Levels
			Approaches
			Models and Paradigms
		Methods and Inquiry
		Conclusion
		References
	Appendix 2: The General Literature of Comparative Politics Since 1980
		Appraisals of the Field
		Texts
		Readers
		Comparative Series
		Cross-National Studies
		Thematic Comparisons
		Comparative Journals
		Reference Works
		References
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