Ideas and politics in social science research / edited by Daniel Béland & Robert Henry Cox.

This volume surveys the resurgence of the social scientific study of ideas in politics. Leading scholars from a variety of subdisciplines in political science and sociology provide a general overview of the theoretical, empirical, and methodological issues raised by social science research on ideas...

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Other Authors: Béland, Daniel, Cox, Robert Henry
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Ideas and politics / Daniel Béland and Robert Henry Cox
  • pt. I. Theory. The varied roles of ideas in politics : from "whether" to "how" / Jal Mehta ; Reconciling ideas and institutions through discursive institutionalism / Vivien A. Schmidt ; Ideas and the construction of interests / Colin Hay ; Ideas, uncertainty and evolution / Mark Blyth
  • pt. II. Analysis. Ideology, history and politics / Sheri Berman ; Ideas, position, and supranationality / Craig Parsons ; Ideas, policy change and the welfare state / Daniel Wincott ; Knowledge regimes and comparative political economy / John Campbell and Ove K. Pedersen ; Ideas, expertise and think tanks / Andrew Rich ; Ideas and institutions in race politics / Robert C. Lieberman.