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Grand Theories and Ideologies in the Social Sciences
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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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Developmentalism Then and Now: The Origins and Resurgence of an Enduring Grand Theory
- 2 Marxism, Dependency, and the World Systems Approach: Are They Making a Comeback?
- 3 Political Culture: Explanatory Variable or Residual Category?
- 4 Sociological Approaches: Old and New in Political Sociology
- 5 Psychoanalysis and the Study of Political Science
- 6 Institutions and Institutionalism
- 7 Rational Choice Theory: Why Irrationality Makes More Sense for Comparative Politics
- 8 Environmental and Geographic Determinism: Jared Diamond and His Ideas
- 9 Science or Ideology?: Sociobiology and Its Aftermath
- 10 Neuronopolitics: The Brainy Approach to Political Science
- 11 Transitions to Democracy: Grand Theory or Grand Idea?
- 12 Non-Western and Indigenous Theories of Change
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index