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  • © 2002

Political Analysis

A Critical Introduction

Authors:

  1. Colin Hay
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Part of the book series: Political Analysis (POAN)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  8. The Challenge of Postmodernism

    • Colin Hay
    Pages 216-250

  9. Conclusion

    • Colin Hay
    Pages 251-260

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 261-314
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About this book

Political Analysis provides an accessible and engaging yet original introduction and distinctive contribution, to the analysis of political structures, institutions, ideas and behaviours, and above all, to the political processes through which they are constantly made and remade. Following an innovative introduction to the main approaches and concepts in political analysis, the text focuses thematically on the key issues which currently concern and divide political analysts, including the boundaries of the political; the question of structure, agency and power; the dynamics of political change; the relative significance of ideas and material factors; and the challenge posed by postmodernism which the author argues the discipline can strengthen itself by addressing without allowing it to become a recipe for paralysis.
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About the author


COLIN HAY is Professor of Political Analysis, University of Birmingham and has been a visiting scholar at the Department of Political Science, MIT Center for European Studies, Harvard.
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