The relevance of political science. (2015)
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- Book
- Title:
- The relevance of political science. (2015)
- Main Title:
- The relevance of political science
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by Gerry Stoker, B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre.
- Editors:
- Stoker, Gerry
Peters, B. Guy
Pierre, Jon - Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of tables and figures; Notes on the editors and contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Tensions over relevance; Relevance: the standard lines of defence; Three lines of vulnerability; The developing argument of the book; PART I: PERSPECTIVES ON RELEVANCE; 1 Challenging three blockages to relevance and political science: the obvious, the avoidable and the thorny; Politics and evidence: a difficult relationship; Incentive structures in academia limit the pursuit of relevance; Doubts about the intellectual case for relevance undermine its practice. Designing a solutionConclusions; 2 The relevance of relevance; Causal and descriptive knowledge; The science of social science; Engagement and objectivity; Are there other possible foundations for social science?; A pragmatic inquiry; 3 Relevant to whom? Relevant for what? The role and public responsibility of the political analyst; Introduction: relevance -- divided by a common language?; The private language of political science; Relevance and rationality: between perestroika and glasnost?; Relevance: deserved or attained?; Diagnosing and resolving the crisis. 4 The rediscovery of the political imaginationThe road(s) to irrelevance; The political imagination; A rallying cry to the university professors of politics; 5 Guilty as charged? Human well-being and the unsung relevance of political science; Variations of relevance; Does democracy produce human well-being?; State capacity, quality of governmentCover; Contents; List of tables and figures; Notes on the editors and contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Tensions over relevance; Relevance: the standard lines of defence; Three lines of vulnerability; The developing argument of the book; PART I: PERSPECTIVES ON RELEVANCE; 1 Challenging three blockages to relevance and political science: the obvious, the avoidable and the thorny; Politics and evidence: a difficult relationship; Incentive structures in academia limit the pursuit of relevance; Doubts about the intellectual case for relevance undermine its practice. Designing a solutionConclusions; 2 The relevance of relevance; Causal and descriptive knowledge; The science of social science; Engagement and objectivity; Are there other possible foundations for social science?; A pragmatic inquiry; 3 Relevant to whom? Relevant for what? The role and public responsibility of the political analyst; Introduction: relevance -- divided by a common language?; The private language of political science; Relevance and rationality: between perestroika and glasnost?; Relevance: deserved or attained?; Diagnosing and resolving the crisis. 4 The rediscovery of the political imaginationThe road(s) to irrelevance; The political imagination; A rallying cry to the university professors of politics; 5 Guilty as charged? Human well-being and the unsung relevance of political science; Variations of relevance; Does democracy produce human well-being?; State capacity, quality of government and human well-being; Poverty, state capacity and quality of government; Does democracy generate political legitimacy?; What does political science want to explain?; Political theory, state capacity and quality of government. Empirical measures of the relevance problem in political scienceTheory: why state capacity and quality of government generate human well-being; Quality of government, social trust and human well-being; Conclusions: the seven sins depriving political science of its potential for being relevant to human well-being; 6 Why did nobody warn us? Political science and the crisis; Ideas; Institutions; Interests; What did political science get right?; Conclusion; PART II: RELEVANCE: THE CONTRIBUTION OF SUB-DISCIPLINES AND DIVERSE APPROACHES; 7 The relevance of the academic study of public policy. Introduction: linking policy research to policy practiceThe contribution of political science: reconciling knowledge and power in public policy-making; Concerns for relevance and the two-communities metaphor of policy knowledge utilization; Moving beyond the two-communities model: knowledge brokerage; Conclusion: research relevance in policy studies -- an ongoing research agenda in political science; 8 Why political theory matters; Introduction; A chequered past?; Political thought: creating an impact; The challenge of demonstrating an impact; Bright future. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- London : Palgrave
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 320
Political science
Political science -- Philosophy
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference
Political science -- Philosophy
Political Science -- General
Political science & theory
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 1137506601
9781137506603 - Related ISBNs:
- 9780230201095
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