Political Theory Methods and Approaches

Political Theory: Methods and Approaches is one of the first books to analyze research methods in political theory and political philosophy. Drawing together a distinguished set of contributors, the book asks how political theory should be conducted today and examines the connections betweenpolitical theory and a range of adjacent disciplines - including moral philosophy, the empirical social sciences, the history of political thought, the world of 'real' politics, critical social theory, and ideology.

David Leopold is Fellow in Politics, Mansfield College, Oxford. Marc Stears is University Lecturer in Political Theory and Fellow in Politics, University College, Oxford.

Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction, David Leopold and Marc Stears 1. Analytical Political Philosophy, Daniel McDermott 2. Political Philosophy for Earthlings, David Miller 3. Political Theory, Social Science, and Real Politics, Adam Swift 4. Why be Formal?, Iwao Hirose 5. Recognition as Fact and Norm: The Method of Critique, Lois McNay 6. Dialectical Approaches, David Leopold 7. Political Theory and History, Mark Philp 8. Using Archival Sources to Theorize about Politics, Sudhir Hazareesingh and Karma Nabulsi 9. Political Theory and the Boundaries of Politics, Elizabeth Frazer 10. Thinking Politically and Thinking about Politics: Language, Interpretation, and Ideology, Michael Freeden Further Reading Index