Redefining Comparative Politics: Promise Versus Performance

by Lawrence C. Mayer

In the past three decades, the field of comparative politics has undergone significant change. Political scientists have attempted to transform the method of research and analysis from comparative analysis defined by geography to comparative analysis and the construction of explanatory theory. Mayer argues that the transformation of the discipline, the "revolution in comparative politics," predicted in the 1960s, has fallen short of its potential...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803934645
• ISBN13: 9780803934641
• Release Date: October 1989
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.