Grand Theories and Ideologies in the Social Sciences [electronic resource] /
Wiarda, H.editor.
This book analyzes the main competing grand theories in the social sciences, including developmentalism, dependency analysis, Marxism, institutionalism, rational choice, Freudianism, environmentalism, sociobiology, neurosciences, and transitions to democracy.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Developmentalism then and now : the origins and resurgence of an enduring grand theory / Kelly Johnson -- Marxism, dependency, and the world systems approach : are they making a comeback? / Braden Stone -- Political culture : explanatory variable or residual category? / Holger Meyer -- Sociological approaches: old and new in political sociology / Ann P. Kryzanek -- Psychoanalysis and the study of political science / Shelliann Powell -- Institutions and institutionalism / Sonal Sahu -- Rational choice theory : why irrationality makes more sense for comparative politics / J.D.J. Nakaska -- Environmental and geographic determinism : Jared Diamond and his ideas / Sukhoon Hong -- Science or ideology? : sociobiology and its aftermath / Murat Bayar -- Neuronopolitics : the brainy approach to political science / Josh Dix -- Transitions to democracy : grand theory or grand idea? / Matt Clary -- Non-western and indigenous theories of change / Leah Langford.
This book analyzes the main competing grand theories in the social sciences, including developmentalism, dependency analysis, Marxism, institutionalism, rational choice, Freudianism, environmentalism, sociobiology, neurosciences, and transitions to democracy.
Political theory.
Political philosophy.
Political science.
Social sciences.
World politics.
Political Theory.
Political Philosophy.
Political Science.
Social Sciences, general.
Political History.