The Dynamics Of American Politics: Approaches And Interpretations

The Dynamics Of American Politics: Approaches And Interpretations
ISBN-10
0813317118
ISBN-13
9780813317113
Category
Political Science / American Government / National
Pages
451
Language
English
Published
1994
Publisher
Avalon Publishing
Authors
Lawrence C Dodd, Calvin Jillson

Description

This book offers a comprehensive assessment of the major theoretical approaches to the study of American politics. Written by leading scholars in the field, the book's essays focus particularly on the contributions that competing macro- and microanalytic approaches make to our understanding of political change in America.The essays include systematic overviews of the patterns of constancy and change that characterize American political history as well as comparative discussions of theoretical traditions in the study of American political change. The volume concludes with four provocative essays proposing new and integrated interpretations of American politics.This is a path-breaking book that all scholars concerned with American politics will want to read and that all serious students of American politics will need to study. The Dynamics of American Politics is appropriate for graduate core seminars on American politics, undergraduate capstone courses on American politics, courses on political theory and approaches to political analysis, and rigorous lower-division courses on American politics.

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