New Handbook of Political Science (Volumes 1 and 2)

Author: Robert Gudding (USA)
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Publication Date: 2006-05-01
Features: This book provides an overview of the overall development of the Western (primarily American) field of political science over the past century, examines all the significant events that have occurred in the field of political science since 1975, and conducts a comprehensive and systematic discussion of the current status of all important branches of the discipline. The new handbook includes: political institutions, political behavior, comparative politics, international relations, political theory, public policy and public administration, political economy, and political science methodology. Additionally, the book addresses new issues related to fundamental theories such as the state and sovereignty in the global political environment, as well as the political implications embedded in the composition of religion, ethnicity, and pluralism. The New Handbook of Political Science is a monumental work in Western political science research. The new handbook effectively addresses how the new developments in every subfield of political science maintain continuity with the old traditions. In terms of depth, the new handbook is more internationally oriented than the old one. The New Handbook of Political Science provides a review and critique of the work done in related disciplines such as economics, sociology, psychology, statistics, anthropology, and regional studies. The references in each chapter of The New Handbook of Political Science include works written by 1,630 authors, totaling 3,403 political science publications. The most frequently cited works in the new handbook reflect the development of the "three revolutions" in Western political science since the 20th century—the behavioral revolution, the rational choice revolution, and the emerging new institutionalism revolution.