What Political Science Can Learn From The Humanities: Blurring Genres

Praise for What Political Science Can Learn from the Humanities......Page 5
Preface and Acknowledgements......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Notes on Contributors......Page 11
List of Figures......Page 17
List of Photographs......Page 18
List of Tables......Page 21
Introduction......Page 22
Genres of Thought......Page 24
Genres of Presentation......Page 25
Context......Page 26
Neoliberalism......Page 27
Mainstreaming......Page 29
Relevance......Page 30
An Intellectual Agenda......Page 31
Trends......Page 32
Political Science......Page 33
The New Area Studies......Page 34
Meaning......Page 36
Historical Contingency......Page 37
The Humanist Alternative......Page 38
The Chapters......Page 39
Part I: Narratives and Politics; Genres of Thought......Page 40
Part II: The Visual Arts and Politics: Genres of Presentation......Page 42
Conclusions......Page 45
References......Page 46
Part I: Narratives and Politics......Page 51
Chapter 2: Narrative Ecologies in Post-truth Times: Nostalgia and Conspiracy Theories in Narrative Jungles?......Page 52
Narrative Ecologies in Our Times......Page 54
The Rise of Populism and Its Narratives......Page 57
Nostalgic Narratives......Page 60
Conspiracy Theories......Page 65
What Political Science Can Learn from the Humanities: Blurring Genres......Page 70
References......Page 71
Introduction: Developing and Applying a Model of Election Narratives......Page 75
From Cases to Data......Page 79
The Parties’ Fables......Page 82
Results......Page 84
Conclusion: Approaching the 2019 Election......Page 96
References......Page 98
Chapter 4: Novels and Narratives: The Pursuit of Forms and Perceptive Policymaking......Page 99
The Current Limitations of Political Science......Page 100
The Contribution of Literary Theory to Form and Function in Politics and Policy......Page 102
The Need for New Research Methods......Page 107
Model Thinking......Page 108
A Novel Interpretation of Welsh Development......Page 110
Forms at Work in The Fight for Manod......Page 111
Envoi......Page 119
References......Page 123
Introduction......Page 125
The D.Phil.......Page 126
Evocative and Analytical Autoethnography......Page 131
Writing......Page 133
Fiction......Page 134
Music......Page 137
Personal Lessons......Page 138
Lessons for Political Science......Page 139
Lessons for Universities......Page 141
Conclusions......Page 143
References......Page 144
Chapter 6: Where Is I? Autoethnography in Collaborative Research......Page 147
Introduction......Page 148
Aspirations and Ambitions......Page 151
Research Contexts......Page 155
Collaboration with Partners/Public Engagement......Page 160
Conclusion......Page 166
References......Page 167
Part II: The Visual Arts and Politics......Page 169
Introduction......Page 170
Four Levels of History......Page 171
Questions Historians Ask About Photographs......Page 172
Historians Distrust of Photographs......Page 173
Intentionality and Photographs......Page 174
Photographs and Actuality (H1)......Page 179
Photographs as Evidence (H2)......Page 180
Understanding War......Page 181
Probing Mindsets......Page 182
Challenging Preconceptions......Page 183
Adding Perspective on Major National Moments......Page 185
Understanding Charisma......Page 186
The Use of Photography by Historians (H3)......Page 187
The Study of History (H4)......Page 188
Subjective Interpretation......Page 189
Framing and Necessary Involvement......Page 190
Plurality of Perspective......Page 193
Conclusion......Page 195
References......Page 196
Introduction......Page 198
A Striking Edifice......Page 200
Looking Up Close......Page 205
Getting Inside......Page 210
How High to Look......Page 223
Accoutrements to See......Page 229
Architectural Power Differentiated......Page 244
References......Page 248
Chapter 9: Design and Politics......Page 249
References......Page 272
Chapter 10: Persuasive Comics......Page 274
A Brief History of Persuasive Comics......Page 280
The Uses of Persuasive Comics......Page 287
Intensifying: Association......Page 288
Intensifying: Composition......Page 290
Downplaying: Omission......Page 293
Downplaying: Confusion......Page 295
What Can Political Scientists Learn from Studying Comics?......Page 297
References......Page 298
Setting the Stage......Page 302
The Training Scene as a Core Plot Device......Page 304
Choice One: Entire Programme Arts Themed......Page 307
Indigenous Leadership and the Arts......Page 309
Wellywood Immersion Exercise......Page 310
Choice Three: Right Balance of Links Between Arts and Professional Life......Page 311
So What?......Page 313
Promoting Practical Policy Innovation Through Open Mode Thinking Strategies and Somatic Practices......Page 315
Revealing New Knowledge to Be Deployed by Practitioners and Theorists Both About Practitioners’ Own Beliefs and Practices as Well as Those of Their Teams and the Communities They Serve......Page 318
Improving Leadership Processes Through Attention to Concepts and Practices of Performance......Page 320
Surfacing New Ways of Framing and Addressing Policy Challenges and Conflict Resolution Through Focus on the Substance and Processes Associated with Narrative......Page 322
The Final Curtain......Page 324
References......Page 326
Name Index......Page 329
Subject Index......Page 337