Lawrence C. Dodd, Calvin Jillson

The Dynamics Of American Politics

Approaches And Interpretations

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Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a comprehensive assessment of the major theoretical approaches and integrated interpretations of American politics. It includes systematic overviews of the patterns of constancy and change, and comparative discussions of theoretical traditions that characterize American politics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 470
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 675g
• ISBN-13: 9780813317120
• ISBN-10: 0813317126
• Artikelnr.: 21644113

Autorenporträt

Lawrence C. Dodd is professor of political science at the University of Florida. He is the co-author of The Dynamics of American Politics, and is series editor for the Westview Press series Transforming American Politics. Calvin Jillson is associate professor of political science and director of the Keller centre for the Study of the First Amendment at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Conversations on the Study of American Politics: An Introduction
Patterns of Political Change and Inquiry
Patterns and Periodicity in American National Politics
Pattern Recognition and "Doing" Political History: Art, Science, or Bootless Enterprise?
Common Ground: History and Theories of American Politics
Macroanalysis
American Exceptionalism Reconsidered: Culture or Institutions?
Liberalism and the Course of American Social Welfare Policy
Macroeconomic Change and Political Transformation in the United States
The Origins of Social Policy in the United States: A Polity
Centered Analysis
Microanalysis
Rational Choice Theory and the Study of American Politics
The Social Psychology of Politics
Contexts, Intermediaries, and Political Behavior
Group Politics Reexamined: From Pluralism to Political Economy
Linkage Processes
Politics as Persuasion
Beyond the Iconography of Order: Notes for a "New Institutionalism"
Political Learning and Political Change: Understanding Development Across Time
Conclusion
Ideas, Interests, and Institutions