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Idioms of inquiry : critique and renewal in political science / edited by Terence Ball. - Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, �1987. - 1 online resource (vi, 255 pages) - SUNY series in political theory. Contemporary issues . - SUNY series in political theory. Contemporary issues. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Rationality and progress in political inquiry -- It there progress in policical [sic] science? / Terence Ball -- Resituating explanation / James Farr -- Rational choice theories / Russell Hardin -- Part II: Interpretation and critique -- Deadly Hermenuitics; or, Sinn and the social scientist / Terence Ball -- Toward a critical political science / Stephen K. White -- Interpretation, genealogy, and human agency / Michael T. Gibbons -- Part III: Beyond empiricism and hermeneutics -- Political inquiry: beyond empiricism and hermeneutics / Fred Dallmayr -- After empiricism: the realist alternative / Jeffrey C. Isaac -- Part VI [sic]: political science and political discourse -- Male-ordered politics: feminism and political science / Kathy E. Ferguson -- Political science and political choice: opacity, freedom, and knowledge / J. Donald Moon.

ISBN: 058508789X 9780585087894

LCCN: 86023033

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Political science--Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY--Political.
Political science--Philosophy.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: JA71 / .I35 1987eb

Dewey Class. No.: 320/.01