1st Edition

Comparative Politics The Problem of Equivalence

Edited By Jan van Deth Copyright 1999
    292 Pages
    by Routledge

    292 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book tackles the issues involved and explores strategies to deal with many of the problems of establishing equivalence. Each contribution focuses on a theoretically relevant theme, such as: tolerance; political values; religious orientations; gender roles; voluntary associations; party organizations and party positions; democratic regimes, and the mass media. Each chapter covers different topics, methods, data and countries, making use of research to show the problems of finding similar or identical indicators in realistic research settings.

    1 Foreign Policy and Discourse Analysis France, Britain and Europe 2 Agency, Structure and International Politics From ontology to empirical enquiry 3 The Political Economy of Regional Co-operation in the Middle East 4 Peace-Maintenance The evolution of international political authority 5 International Relations and Historical Sociology Breaking down boundaries 6 Comparative Politics The problem of equivalence 7 The Politics of Central Banks

    Biography

    Jan W. van Deth is Professor of Political Science and International Comparative Social Research at the University of Mannheim, and Hea d of Research Department II of the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research.