A Centripetal Theory of Democratic Governance

John Gerring/ Strom C. Thacker

ISBN 10: 0521710154 / ISBN 13: 9780521710152

Editore: Cambridge Univ Pr, 2008

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1st edition. 237 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock. Codice articolo __0521710154

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Titolo: A Centripetal Theory of Democratic Governance

Casa editrice: Cambridge Univ Pr

Data di pubblicazione: 2008

Legatura: Paperback

Condizione: Brand New

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Riassunto:

This book outlines the importance of political institutions in achieving good governance within a democratic polity.

Informazioni sull?autore:

John Gerring (PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 1993) is Professor of Political Science at Boston University, where he teaches courses on methodology and comparative politics. His books include Party Ideologies in America, 1828–1996 (Cambridge University Press, 1998), Social Science Methodology: A Criterial Framework (Cambridge University Press, 2001), Case Study Research: Principles and Practices (Cambridge University Press, 2007), Concepts and Method: Giovanni Sartori and his Legacy (Routledge, 2009), Social Science Methodology: Tasks, Strategies, and Criteria (Cambridge University Press, 2011), Global Justice: A Prioritarian Manifesto (in process), and Democracy and Development: A Historical Perspective (in process). He served as a fellow of the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, NJ), as a member of The National Academy of Sciences' Committee on the Evaluation of USAID Programs to Support the Development of Democracy, as President of the American Political Science Association's Organized Section on Qualitative and Multi-Method Research, and is the current recipient of a grant from the National Science Foundation to collect historical data related to colonialism and long-term development.