Grand Theories and Ideologies in the Social

This book analyzes the main competing grand theories in the social sciences, including developmentalism, dependency analysis, Marxism, institutionalism, rational choice, Freudianism, environmentalism, sociobiology, neurosciences, and transitions to democracy.

Howard J. Wiarda is Dean Rusk Professor of International Affairs at the University of Georgia; Senior Scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington D.C.; and Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholar. A prolific writer, he is the editor of over one hundred books, including Introduction to Comparative Politics, A Clash of Cultures, Comparative Democracy and Democratization, Political Development in Emerging Nations, Divided America on the World Stage, Globalization: Universal Trends, Regional Variation; and Conservative Braintrust.

List of Tables	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Developmentalism Then and Now: The Origins and Resurgence of an Enduring Grand Theory	p. 19
Marxism, Dependency, and the World Systems Approach: Are They Making a Comeback?	p. 41
Political Culture: Explanatory Variable or Residual Category?	p. 59
Sociological Approaches: Old and New in Political Sociology	p. 81
Psychoanalysis and the Study of Political Science	p. 97
Institutions and Institutionalism	p. 113
Rational Choice Theory: Why Irrationality Makes More Sense for Comparative Politics	p. 127
Environmental and Geographic Determinism: Jared Diamond and His Ideas	p. 141
Science or Ideology? Sociobiology and Its Aftermath	p. 159
Neuronopolitics: The Brainy Approach to Political Science	p. 171
Transitions to Democracy: Grand Theory or Grand Idea?	p. 191
Non-Western and Indigenous Theories of Change	p. 213
Conclusion	p. 227
Notes	p. 243
Index	p. 263
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