TY  - GEN
AU  - Chilcote, Ronald H.
TI  - Theories of Comparative Politics
SN  - 9781138330023
U1  - 320.3 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - United States of America
PB  - Westview Press
KW  - Sociology and Methodology
KW  - Comparative Politics
KW  - Theories
N1  - 1 Comparative Inquiry
Issues of Theory and Comparative Inquiry
Past Influences
Outline of This Study
State and Systems Theories
Culture Theories
Developmental Theories
Class Theories
Political Economy Theories
Into the 1990s: Assessment of Old and New Directions
References
PART 2 IDEOLOGY AND EPISTEMOLOGY
2 Ideology and Issues of Comparative Politics
Myth and Reality of Politics
Politics and the Profession
Scholarship, Ethics, and the Establishment
Social Science and Government
Social Science and the Multinationals
Summary
References
3 Politics and the Science of Politics in Comparative Inquiry
THE SEARCH FOR PARADIGMS (SYNTHESIZING THE FIELD OF COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS)
Three Approaches
Identification of Paradigms
HISTORICAL ROOTS AND FUNDAMENTAL PREMISES OF THE PARADIGMATIC SEARCH
Positivist Thought: The Legacy of Thinkers and Concepts in the Movement to Establish a Mainstream Paradigm
The Early Positivists
The Early Political Sociologists
The Early Behaviorists
Historicist Thought: Past and Present in the Movement to Establish an Alternative Paradigm
The Early Historicists
Later Historicist Influences and Trends
SUMMARY COMPARISON OF DOMINANT PARADIGMS IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS
References
4 Marx and Weber as Precursors
Karl Marx
Early Works: 1840-1845
Works of the Break: 1845 and 1846
Transitional Works: 1846-1857
Mature Works: 1857-1883
Max Weber
Early Works: 1889-1897
Works on Religion and Secularity: 1903-1920
Works on Political Sociology and Methodology
Marx and Weber in Perspective
Paradigmatic Influences on Comparative Politics
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