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Critical Comparisons in Politics and Culture

By John Bowen , Roger Petersen

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1999
ISBN
0521653797, 9780521653794
Open Library ID
OL7750316M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1463674 bytes)
Pages
276\276
Time added
2011-04-20 14:05:05

Description

Leading anthropologists and political scientists are brought together in this volume to debate the problem of comparison, taking up a variety of topics from nationalist violence and labor strikes to ritual forms and religious practices. The contributors criticize conventional forms of comparative method, and introduce new comparative strategies, ranging from abstract model building to ethnographically based methods. They represent a wide variety of theoretical positions, from rational choice theory to interpretivism, and the issues are clarified in the cut and thrust of debate.

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