Product Description

This edition of this text introduces students in an accessible way to the approaches and methods of political science. The book has been systematically revised throughout with most chapters entirely new to this edition. The second edition features substantial extra coverage of methodological issues, an additional chapter on the philosophical underpinnings of the study of politics and a simplified structure for the presentation of theories and approaches.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29296 in Books
• Published on: 2002-06-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 385 pages

About the Author
DAVID MARSH is Professor of Politics, University of Birmingham. GERRY STOKER is Professor of Politics, University of Manchester.

Customer Reviews

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For students of politics at degree level, this book is gold! If, like me, a compulsory module has been forced upon you on political science, this is more than adequate to help you bump up those marks. For essays it's particularly good, as each approach, including Marxism, Feminism, Behaviouralsim, Rational Choice and Normative Theory, (to name a few) is covered by a different contributor. (Great for bulking out your bibliography!) As well as approaches, there are also chapters on quantitative and qualitative methods, as well as wider issues such as Ontology and Epistemology, and the role of structure and agancy in political science. It's quite hard-going at first; the first few chapters are saturated with considerations, however once you get into it the format is very easy to digest covering pros and cons of each approach. All in all, worth buying; it was a compulsory text for my 2nd year module, and will be a good core text for any module on political science.