He is the author of choice and the politics of allocation, which won the 1972 woodrow wilson foundation award for the best book on government, politics, and international affairs. Apter departments of french, english and comparative literature new york university 19 university place ny, ny 34559 tel. While a great deal of attention has been paid to certain aspects, terrorism for example, it has not been studied as a political phenomenon in and of itself. Apters later work on uganda, the political kingdom in uganda. The new handbook, by its very title, pays explicit homage to the truly herculean efforts of our predecessors, fred greenstein and nelson polsby, in compiling the original handbook of political science 1975. Political science 240 ucla social sciences computing. David ernest apter december 18, 1924 may 4, 2010 was an american political scientist and sociologist. David ernest apter was an american political scientist and sociologist. Apter offers an innovative comparative study of development. Apter free press of glencoe london wikipedia citation please see wikipedias template documentation for further citation fields that may be required. Four specific ways in which this difficulty may be resolved are. Apter provides a new look at development, its science, romanticism, and teleology. Oxford handbook of comparative politics edited by carles boix and susan stokes table of contents introduction c. Using major themes such as the relation between development and democracy, the problem of innovation and marginality, professor apter offers an innovative comparative study of development.
Oxford handbook of comparative politics edited by carles boix. Heinz ii professor of comparative political and social development david apter, a. Comparative politics and the comparative method american. This essay concentrates on comparative politics, a field often defined by reference to the use of a particular comparative method, but it also bears on sociology, where there is active controversy about methodological issues. Apter 1995, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. In practice the comparative politics do the first, to compare means that similarities and differences are described. In rethinking development one of the preeminent political and social theorists of our time offers his view of the direction of the discipline. From 1947 to 1997, he served as a professor of political science at the university of chicago. Though that eightvolume work is now two decades old, it remains a landmark in the discipline and an essential reference. Out of that meeting grew a committee on international studies chaired by richard c. Napoleon the book is almost a political encyclopedia. A new comparative literature gil hochberg, in spite of partition. Comparative political systems university of calicut.
Alexander, yale university, connecticut, bernhard giesen, universitat konstanz, germany, jason l. Pdf comparative politics books pdf download read online. Publication date 1896 topics social sciences, politics, forms of political organization. Apters most popular book is introduction to political analysis. The report describes briefly the preparation of a theoretical framework for the study of modernizing nations, and its application to some of the main problems of political modernization in selected latin american countries. The politics of modernization by david e apter book 58 editions published between 1965 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 1,170 worldcat member libraries worldwide. Comparative politics describes the real world and, building on these descriptions. Easton, who was born in toronto, ontario, came to the united states in 1943. Heinz professor of comparative political and social development at. Todays deals your gift cards help whole foods registry sell. Principles of comparative politics 2e web pdf book summary. The groundbreaking first edition of principles of comparative politics offered the most comprehensive and uptodate view of the rich world of comparative inquiry, research, and scholarship.
A perspective on comparative politics, past and present harry eckstein source. Read political change a collection of essays by david e. The politics of modernization by apter, david ernest, 1924. Old comparative politics reflects a focus on institutionalism and new comparative politics has arisen in part because of the end of the cold war, devolution of powers, the rise of social democracy in europe, decolonization, and democratization. Apter s most popular book is introduction to political analysis. Traces the development of intellectual traditions in comparative politics from the old to the new. Comparative politics, old and new oxford scholarship. Interestingly enough, apter finds the much 281 international journal of comparative.
Modernization, dependency, and postmodern politics by david e. Table of contents preface notes on the contributors political violence in analytical perspective. Apter the maturation of a cosmocrat and the building of a discourse community. One such approach is the systems approach, also called the systems theory or the systems analysis. Published in the year 1973, political change is a valuable contribution to the field of politics. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Anarchism today, studies in comparative politics david ernest apter on. Apters pieces range from a putdown of franco morettis provocative experiments in distant reading to a dithyramb on protest art from palestine, by way of an essay on pynchon and delillo, a tackle with derridas attempt to tackle comparative literature, an essay on flauberts translators, and an attempt to align barbara. Isbn 9780333637449 free shipping for individuals worldwide immediate ebook access with your print order usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Comparative politics involves the systematic and comparative study of nations and their political systems.
Apter was the recipient of the american political science associations. The final prices may differ from the prices shown due to specifics of vat rules. The field of comparative politics has a long and honorable past. Now, this thoroughly revised second edition offers students an even better guide to cross. General methodological problems gunnar heckscher a survey of the field of comparative government roy c. Heinz ii professor of comparative political and social development at yale university. Arabs, jews, and the limits of separatist imagination the princeton sourcebook in comparative literature.
School of distance education comparative political system page 21. The search for focus, comparative politics, october. David apter and harry eckstein eds, comparative politics. Hermens, the dynamics of proportional representation, from harry eckstein and david apter, eds, comparative politics. Heinz ii professor of comparative political and social development in the department of political science at yale university. May 01, 2020 apter, david ernest his book the gold coast in transition 1955 received such wide acclaim that it has been reprinted several times as ghana in transition. He taught at northwestern university, the university of chicago, the university of california, and yale university, where he held a joint appointment in political science and sociology and served as director of the social science division, chair of sociology, and. Macridis a suggested research strategy in western european government and politics gabriel a. Princeton university, faculty member at yale since 1969. The principal difficulty facing the comparative method is that it must generalize on the basis of relatively few empirical cases. The dissatisfaction with the traditional approach and scope of comparative government due to its lack of comprehensives in scope, unrealistic nature and unscientific methodology led to the birth of the need for developing a new science of comparative politics capable of explaining all phenomena of politics in all parts of the globe as well as for building a scientific theory of politics. Using major themes such as the relation between development and democracy, the problem of innovation and marginality, and questions of violence and governability, david e. Some of the liveliest debates about methodology in the social sciences center on comparative research.
Tony saich is professor of contemporary chinese politics and management at the sinologisch instituut, leiden university. Case studies and comparative politics john gerring 4. He taught at northwestern university, the university of chicago where he. Sep 02, 2008 author of anarchism today, the political kingdom in uganda, ideology and discontent, the politics of modernization, revolutionary discourse in maos republic, ghana in transition, some conceptual approaches to the study of modernization, pour letat contre letat. Heinz professor of comparative political and social development and senior research scientist at yale university. A study in bureaucratic nationalism 1961, considers the nature of secular nationalism in africa. A perspective on comparative politics, past and present. Chair, department of comparative literature, nyu professor, french and comparative literature, nyu affiliate. That its pedigree reaches back as far as aristotle is not unusual, since just about. A perspective on comparative politics, past and present corwin. A new handbook of political science, 1998 online research. Revolutionary discourse in maos republic 9780674767805 by apter, david e. Heinz ii professor emeritus of comparative political and social development and a noted scholar on the birth of developing nations, died may 4 at his home in north haven from complications from cancer.
G bingham powell, party systems and election outcomes, ch. This new book by david apter represents an important contribution. Old comparative politics reflects a focus on institutionalism and new comparative politics has arisen. Received the woodrow wilson foundation award for the best book of the year on government, politics, or international affairs. From the european enlightenment to the global present eds. Macridis new horizons for comparative politics dankwart a. Heinz professor of comparative political and social. Heinz professor emeritus of comparative political and social development and senior research scientist, yale university edited by jeffrey c. Apter 1987, paperback at the best online prices at ebay.
Online shopping from a great selection at books store. David easton frsc june 24, 1917 july 19, 2014 was a canadianborn american political scientist. The comparative method is defined and analyzed in terms of its similarities and differences visavis the experimental and statistical methods. He was henry j heinz professor emeritus of comparative political and social development and senior research scientist at yale university. A year or two ago several of us met at the offices of education and world affairs in new york.
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