Richard J Ellis, Michael Thompson

Culture Matters

Essays In Honor Of Aaron Wildavsky

• Gebundenes 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780367315313
• ISBN-10: 0367315319
• Artikelnr.: 57733866

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part 1 Rational Choice and Cultural Choice
1 Social Science as Cultural Science, Rational Choice as Metaphysics
2 Rational Choice and Culture: Clashing Perspectives or Complementary Modes of Analysis?
Part 2 Institutions and Culture
3 A Cultural Theory of Organizations
4 Cultures: Frameworks, Theories, and Models
Part 3 Cultural Theories of Change
5 Political Culture and Political Change
6 A Proposed Fragmentation of the Theory of Cultural Change
Part 4 Risk and Culture
7 The Depoliticization of Risk
8 What's Special About Cancer?
Part 5 Culture and the Environment: Empirical Studies
9 Cultural Theory, Postmaterialism, and Environmental Attitudes
10 Seeing Green: Cultural Biases and Environmental Preferences
Part 6 Cultural Theory and Practical Policies
11 Applying Cultural Theories to Practical Problems
12 Rewriting the Precepts of Policy Analysis