The Future of Political Science: 100 Perspectives

by Gary King (Editor), Kay L. Schlozman (Editor), Norman Nie (Editor)

This book contains some of the newest, most exciting ideas now percolating among political scientists, from hallway conversations to conference room discussions. To spur future research, enrich classroom teaching, and direct non-specialist attention to cutting-edge ideas, a distinguished group of authors from various parts of this sprawling and pluralistic discipline has each contributed a brief essay about a single novel or insufficiently appreciated idea on some aspect of political science. The one hundred essays are concise, no more than a few pages apiece, and informal. While the contributions are highly diverse, readers can find unexpected connections across the volume, tracing echoes as well as diametrically opposed points of view. This book offers compelling points of departure for everyone who is concerned about political science -- whether as a scholar, teacher, student, or interested reader.

Genres: Politics

304 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[W · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was great. Hard to read quickly because nearly every essay was fascinating. A great overview of what doing Political Science means, reading it felt like a unfiltered coffee-shop conversation with the scholars which cut through much of the academic mud that can make approaching new fields insurmountable…

**Also, the NLP/Human chapter tagging was freaking brilliant and innovative