Learning about politics in time and space. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Richard Rose, University of Strathclyde Glasgow.
• Other Names: Rose, Richard
• Contents: Reflections From Experience; A Memoir; The Perspective of the Author; Socialization of a Social Scientist; Chapter 1; The Roots of a Political Scientist; Growing Up in a Border City; Learning in Spite of School; Learning from the Library and from the Streets; Chapter 2; Discovering Learning; An Old-Fashioned University Education; Exploring Europe; My Education as a Reporter; Chapter 3; The Education of Amateur Political Scientists; Before the Transformation; Manchester Made Me; Committed Political Sociologists; Chapter 4. The Professionalization of Political ScienceThe Expansion of Universities Nationally; Training Students: The Strathclyde Approach; Institutionalizing Professional Links Across Europe; Experiencing History Forwards; Chapter 5; England Then and Now; Learning About Class; Class Parties?; From England to Scotland; Chapter 6; America Then and Now; Free at Last; Washington: A Small Town Now Global in Impact; Chapter 7; Northern Ireland: Nothing Civil About Civil War; A Warm Welcome From All Sides; Guns Come Out; Governing Without the Rule of Law; What an Outsider Did; Chapter 8. Fallout From the Berlin WallThe Reality Behind the Wall; Free to Choose; Russians and Russia; What I Did; Learning to Compare; Chapter 9; Concepts Are More Than Words; Naming What You Observe; In the Field; Conversing Through Questionnaires; Chapter 10; Communicating What You Know; Writing as a Discipline; Form Follows Function; What Would You Tell the President About Iraq in Three Minutes?; Chapter 11; Public Policy and Political Science; Disciplined Research and Undisciplined Problems; Creating a Problem-Focussed Centre; Distinctive Tools; Impact Long Term; L'envoi.
• Publisher Details: Colchester [England] : ECPR Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (206 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 327.092; Political scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography; International relations; Internationalists -- Great Britain -- Biography; Political science -- Great Britain; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General; Political scientists; Politics and government; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1964-1979; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1979-1997; Great Britain; Electronic books; Biography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781907301124; 1907301127; 9781907301803; 1907301801; 9781910259122; 1910259128
• Related ISBNs: 9781907301476; 190730147X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 10, 2014).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.