Case Study and Theory in Political Science

2011 ◽  
pp. 118-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry Eckstein
Keyword(s):  
Political Science

Status of Women Contribution in Political Research World: A Case Study of the Journal Political Analysis

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumeer Gul ◽  
Sangita Gupta ◽  
Sumaira Jan ◽  
Sabha Ali
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Research Productivity ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Political Research ◽  
Female Authors ◽  
Political Analysis ◽  
Number Of Citations ◽  
Status Of Women

The study endeavors to highlight the contribution of women in the field of Political research globally. The study is based on the data gathered from journal, Political Analysis which comprises a list of articles published by authors for the period, 2004-2014. The proportion of the male and female authors listed in the publication was ascertained. There exists a colossal difference among male and female researchers in the field of Political Science research, which is evident from the fact that 88.30% of publications are being contributed by male authors while as just 11.70 % of publications are contributed by female authors. Furthermore, citation analysis reveals that highest number of citations is for the male contributions. In addition, the collaborative pattern indicates that largest share of the collaboration is between male-male authors. This evidently signifies that female researchers are still lagging behind in the field of Political Science research in terms of research productivity (publications)and thus, accordingly, need to excel in that particular field to overcome the gender difference. The study highlights status of women contribution in the Journal of Political Analysis from the period 2004-2014. The study provides a wider perspective of female research-contribution based on select parameters. However, the study can be further be enriched by taking into consideration various other criteria like what obstacles are faced by female researchers impeding their research, what are the effects of age and marital status on the research-productivity of female authors, etc.

Case study 2

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewan Ferlie ◽  
Sue Dopson ◽  
Chris Bennett ◽  
Michael D. Fischer ◽  
Jean Ledger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Think Tanks ◽  
Science Literature ◽  
Informal Networks ◽  
Think Tank ◽  
Significant Potential ◽  
Key Stakeholders

This chapter analyses the role of think tanks in generating a distinctive mode of policy knowledge, pragmatically orientated to inform and shape issues of importance to civil society. Drawing on political science literature, we argue that think tanks exploit niche areas of expertise and influence to actively mobilize policy analyses and recommendations across diverse stakeholders. Through our exploratory mapping of think tanks, geographically concentrated within London, we characterize their influence as significantly boosting knowledge intensity across the regional ecosystem. In particular, we study the empirical case of one London-based think tank which powerfully mobilized policy knowledge through its formal and informal networks to build influential expert consensus amongst key stakeholders. We conclude that such organizations act as key knowledge producers and mobilizers, with significant potential to influence policy discourses and implementation.

The Danish Cartoon Controversy and the Challenges of Multicultural Politics

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 612-615
Author(s):  
Abdulkader Sinno
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Yale University ◽  
The World ◽  
Danish Cartoon Controversy

Jytte Klausen's The Cartoons That Shook the World offers an interesting political science account of the Danish cartoon controversy and of a broader set of tensions between multiculturalism, civility, and freedom of expression. The book is also a fascinating case study of how political science can itself become the object of dispute, due to Yale University Press' decision to publish the book without any reproductions of the controversial cartoons.We have thus asked a range of political scientists to comment on the Danish cartoon imbroglio, the book's analysis of it, and the controversy over the book itself.—Jeffrey C. Isaac, Editor

Two Korean Villages: Culture Contact at the 38th Parallel

1951 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 33-36
Author(s):  
David Olmsted
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Culture Contact ◽  
Applied Anthropology ◽  
Specialized Knowledge ◽  
Practical Result ◽  
Study Material ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
38Th Parallel ◽  
Set Up

The term applied anthropology has come to refer to attempts to use specialized knowledge of a culture as an aid in solving problems that, in terms of our own culture, lie within the province of other disciplines, e.g., economics, political science, medicine, etc. Ordinarily the applied anthropologist is at a methodological disadvantage in that he cannot set up differing experiments to test alternative ways of dealing with a problem. His problems are serious matters, usually for a large number of people, and what is required of him is a certain kind of "practical" result, not a contribution to the methodology of achieving such results. It is for this reason that we seldom see two quite different methods applied simultaneously to the solution of the same problem, and in close proximity to one another geographically. This account of culture contact in the occupation of two Korean villages is presented, therefore, not in the expectation of revealing any new facts (most of the items of behavior have been reported by other observers) but in the hope that it will shed some light on the complexities of the Korean occupation (exemplified here in microcosmic form), and provide case-study material for the practitioner of applied anthropology.

The Group Case Study in Political Science Teaching: A Report

PS ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Robert Y. Fluno
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Science Teaching ◽  
Group Case

Harry Eckstein as Political Theorist

1998 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 498-504
Author(s):  
GABRIEL A. ALMOND
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Political Theorist ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cultural Science ◽  
Democratic Stability

Few political scientists can claim to have made significant substantive as well as methodological contributions as has Harry Eckstein. His theory of political stability has won a lasting place in the systematic literature on the properties and conditions of democratic stability. His case study typology is one of the most original and significant contributions to the methodology of political science and is an impressive contribution to the metamethodology of political science of this or any generation. His theory of social science as cultural science is an impressive contribution to the metamethodology of the social sciences.

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