The Development of Political Science: A Comparative Survey

ISBN 10: 0415056233 ISBN 13: 9780415056236

Publisher: Routledge, 1991

Synopsis

In recent years the history of political science has become recognised as an important but neglected area of study. The Development of Political Science is the first comprehensive discussion of the subject in a comparative international perspective.

Offering a wide-ranging account of the development of the subject and its dissemination across national borders and cultural divides, the book begins with a study of the historiography of the discipline in the United States, a country which has been at the forefront of the field. Widening its discussion to emphasise Western Europe as a focus for comparison, the contributors provide studies of further areas of interest such as China and Africa. This particular approach emphasises the book's vision of political science as a growing transnational body of knowledge.

In presenting critical analysis of the state of the field, this vigorous study aims to further the development of the discipline in the countries discussed, and to provide a work that is interesting not only to political scientists, but to all those concerned with the development of the social sciences.

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David Easton (Edited by) ,  Luigi Graziano (Edited by) ,  John Gunnell (Edited by)

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415056233
• ISBN 13: 9780415056236
• Binding: Library Binding
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 306
• Editor: Easton David, Graziano Luigi, Gunnell John