New Handbook of Political Science (Vol. 1 & 2)

Author: (USA) Guding
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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 significant events in the field since 1975, and offers a comprehensive and systematic discussion of the current state of all important branches within the discipline of political science. The new handbook covers: political institutions, political behavior, comparative politics, international relations, political theory, public policy and public administration, political economy, and political science methodology. Additionally, it 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 each 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.