Richard J Ellis, Michael Thompson

Culture Matters

Essays In Honor Of Aaron Wildavsky

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the role of political culture studies as one of the major investigative fields in contemporary political science. It examines the areas of rational choice, institutions, theories of change, political risk, the environment, and practical politics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9780813331188
• ISBN-10: 0813331188
• Artikelnr.: 21138884

Autorenporträt

Richard J Ellis

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface: Remembering Aaron Wildavsky, the Cultural Theorist
Introduction
Rational Choice and Cultural Choice
Social Science as Cultural Science, Rational Choice as Metaphysics
Rational Choice and Culture: Clashing Perspectives or Complementary Modes of Analysis?
Institutions and Culture
A Cultural Theory of Organizations
Cultures: Frameworks, Theories, and Models
Cultural Theories of Change
Political Culture and Political Change
A Proposed Fragmentation of the Theory of Cultural Change
Risk and Culture
The Depoliticization of Risk
What's Special About Cancer?
Culture and the Environment: Empirical Studies
Cultural Theory, Postmaterialism, and Environmental Attitudes
Seeing Green: Cultural Biases and Environmental Preferences
Cultural Theory and Practical Policies
Applying Cultural Theories to Practical Problems
Rewriting the Precepts of Policy Analysis