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Political Theory
Methods and Approaches
Edited by David Leopold and Marc Stears
240 pages
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234x156mm
978-0-19-923009-9
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Paperback
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31 July 2008
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- An engaging introduction to the key approaches to political theory
- Draws together a number of distinguished contributors with an international reputation in the field
- Accessibly written and broad-ranging
Political theorists are too often silent on questions of method and approach. David Leopold and Marc Stears have assembled a distinguished group of contributors to break that silence and to explain and defend the research methods they utilise in their own work. The result is a rich and varied collection which does not suggest that there is only one right way to conduct political theory, but rather introduces readers to many of the often unelaborated methods and approaches that currently inform the work of leading scholars in the field. Amongst the topics covered are the complex and contested connections between political theory and a range of adjacent disciplines - including moral
philosophy, the empirical social sciences, the history of political thought, the world of 'real' politics, critical social theory, and ideology. Both individually and as a collection, these essays will promote understanding and provoke further debate amongst students and established scholars alike. They will be encouraged to reflect on their own methodological assumptions, to re-examine the practical tools of analysis they employ, and to re-evaluate why the research they do matters.Readership: Students and scholars of political theory, political philosophy, and the history of political thought.
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Edited by David Leopold, Fellow in Politics, Mansfield College, Oxford, and Marc Stears, University Lecturer in Political Theory and Fellow in Politics, University College, Oxford Contributors:
Elizabeth Frazer is Official Fellow and Tutor in Politics, New College, Oxford, and Lecturer in Politics, University of Oxford.
Michael Freeden is Professor of Politics and founding director of the Centre for Political Ideologies at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, and Professorial Fellow at Mansfield College, Oxford.
Sudhir Hazareesingh is University Lecturer in
International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford; Fellow in Politics at Balliol College; and Fellow of the British Academy.
Iwao Hirose is Assistant Professor in Ethics in the Philosophy Department and the McGill School of Environment, McGill University, and Research Fellow in the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of Melbourne.
Karma Nabulsi is University Lecturer at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford and Fellow in Politics at St Edmund Hall, Oxford.
David Leopold teaches political theory in the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, and is a Fixed-Term Fellow in Politics at Mansfield College,
Oxford.
Daniel McDermott is a University Lecturer in Political Theory in the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, and a Fellow in Politics at Keble College, Oxford.
Lois McNay is a Reader in Politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford and a Fellow in Politics at Somerville College Oxford.
David Miller is Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, and an Official Fellow of Nuffield College.
Mark Philp is a University Lecturer in Political Theory in the Department of Politics and International Relations and is a Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Oriel College, Oxford.
Marc Stears is
University Lecturer in Political Theory in the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, and Fellow in Politics at University College, Oxford.
Adam Swift is CUF Lecturer in Political Theory in the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, and Fellow in Politics and Sociology at Balliol College, Oxford.
Stuart White is a Tutorial Fellow in Politics at Jesus College, and Director of the Public Policy Unit in the Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford University.
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"its great merit is that its contributions span the analyticalcritical and normativedescriptive divide(s) ... an informative and balanced introduction to methods and approaches available to political theorists." - Magdalena Zolkos, Political Studies Review
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Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
David Leopold and Marc Stears: Introduction
1: Daniel McDermott: Analytical Political Philosophy
2: David Miller: Political Philosophy for Earthlings
3: Adam Swift: Political Theory, Social Science, and Real Politics
4: Iwao Hirose: Why be Formal?
5: Lois McNay: Recognition as Fact and Norm: The Method of Critique
6: David Leopold: Dialectical Approaches
7: Mark Philp: Political Theory and History
8: Sudhir Hazareesingh and Karma Nabulsi: Using Archival Sources to Theorise about Politics
9: Elizabeth Frazer: Political Theory and the Boundaries of Politics
10: Michael Freeden: Thinking Politically and Thinking about Politics: Language, Interpretation, and Ideology
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