Cultural Theory As Political Science

Author : Gunnar Grendstad
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113465264X
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultural Theory as Political Science written by Gunnar Grendstad and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first major European political science book to discuss the growing interdisciplinary field of 'cultural theory', proposing a coherent and viable alternative to mainstream political science. The authors argue that three elements - social relations, cultural bias and behavioural strategy - illuminate political questions at a level of analysis on any scale: from the household to the state; the international regime to the political party.

Author : Gunnar Grendstad
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134652658
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultural Theory as Political Science written by Gunnar Grendstad and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first major European political science book to discuss the growing interdisciplinary field of 'cultural theory', proposing a coherent and viable alternative to mainstream political science. The authors argue that three elements - social relations, cultural bias and behavioural strategy - illuminate political questions at a level of analysis on any scale: from the household to the state; the international regime to the political party.

Author : Jodi Dean
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501721224
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultural Studies and Political Theory written by Jodi Dean and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ambitious collection of work at the intersection of cultural studies and contemporary political theory brings together leading thinkers from both traditions. Challenging the terms that have shaped the last 20 years of culture wars, the essays in Cultural Studies and Political Theory reject the accusations of the right that everything is political and of the left that politics is everything. They respond with an alternative, with an exploration of processes of politicization and culturalization that asks, "what does it mean for something to be political?"In affirming that there are different answers to this question, the contributors to Cultural Studies and Political Theory expand definitions of politics in light of transformations in globally networked, consumer-driven, mediated technoculture. Comprehending the production of the political is crucial at a time when the political and the cultural can no longer be decoupled and when we cannot know in advance who "we" are. By gathering the work of theorists who are redefining approaches to politics and culture, Jodi Dean establishes a set of directives for theoretical work at a new crossroads.

Author : Michael Thompson
Publisher : Westview Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultural Theory written by Michael Thompson and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1990-06-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking their cue from the pioneering work of anthropologist Mary Douglas, the authors of "Cultural Theory" have created a typology of five ways of life-- egalitarianism, fatalism, individualism, hierarchy, and autonomy-- to serve as an analytic tool in the examination of people, culture, and politics. They then show how cultural theorists can develop large numbers of falsifiable propositions.

Author : Michael Thompson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429980817
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultural Theory written by Michael Thompson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-06-27 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do people want what they want? Why does one person see the world as a place to control, while another feels controlled by the world? A useful theory of culture, the authors contend, should start with these questions, and the answers, given different historical conditions, should apply equally well to people of all times, places, and walks of life.Taking their cue from the pioneering work of anthropologist Mary Douglas, the authors of Cultural Theory have created a typology of five ways of life?egalitarianism, fatalism, individualism, hierarchy, and autonomy?to serve as an analytic tool in examining people, culture, and politics. They then show how cultural theorists can develop large numbers of falsifiable propositions.Drawing on parables, poetry, case studies, fiction, and the Great Books, the authors illustrate how cultural biases and social relationships interact in particular ways to yield life patterns that are viable, sustainable, and ultimately, changeable under certain conditions. Figures throughout the book show the dynamic quality of these ways of life and specifically illustrate the role of surprise in effecting small- and large-scale change.The authors compare Cultural Theory with the thought of master social theorists from Montesquieu to Stinchcombe and then reanalyze the classic works in the political culture tradition from Almond and Verba to Pye. Demonstrating that there is more to social life than hierarchy and individualism, the authors offer evidence from earlier studies showing that the addition of egalitarianism and fatalism facilitates cross-national comparisons.

Author : Richard Ned Lebow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521871360
Total Pages : 775 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Cultural Theory of International Relations written by Richard Ned Lebow and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-12-11 with total page 775 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An original theory of politics and international relations based on ancient Greek ideas of human motivation.

Author : Dennis J Coyle
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000235688
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Politics, Policy, And Culture written by Dennis J Coyle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new set of original case studies is designed to offer an empirical counterpart to Cultural Theory (Westview, 1990 ), the landmark statement of political culture theory authored by Michael Thompson, Richard Ellis, and Aaron Wildavsky, and to extend and challenge the analysis developed there. Here, the theoretical concepts laid out in that book

Author : Richard J Ellis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429969708
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Culture Matters written by Richard J Ellis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culture Matters explores the role of political culture studies as one of the major investigative fields in contemporary political science. Cultural theory was the focal point of the late Aaron Wildavsky’s teaching and research for the last decade of his life, a life that profoundly affected many fields of political science, from the study of the presidency to public budgeting. In this volume, original essays prepared in Wildavsky’s honor examine the areas of rational choice, institutions, theories of change, political risk, the environment, and practical politics.

Author : Lane Jan-Erik
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000160769
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Culture and Politics written by Lane Jan-Erik and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-07-26 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2002: Examining problems that have caused much debate within political science, this book seeks to identify a proper place for the analysis of culture and values within political science. It goes on to explore the impact of globalization upon society.

Author : Robert E. Babe
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739131982
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultural Studies and Political Economy written by Robert E. Babe and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2010-05-10 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the notorious split between the two fields of cultural studies and political economy. Drawing on the works of Harold Innis, Theodor Adorno, Raymond Williams, Richard Hoggart, E.P. Thompson, and other major theorists in the two fields, Robert E. Babe shows that political economy can be reconciled to certain aspects of cultural studies, particularly with regards to cultural materialism. Uniting the two fields has proven to be a complex undertaking though it makes practical sense, given the close interaction between political economy and cultural studies. Babe examines the evolution of cultural studies over time and its changing relationship with political economy. The intersections between the two fields center around three subjects: the cultural biases of money, the time/space dialectic, and the dialectic of information.