Comparative Politics By Gabriel Almond Pdf

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Almondwas born on January 12, 1911, in Rock Island, Illinois, the son of Russian-Jewish and Ukrainian-Jewish immigrants, raised "in a strict orthodox Jewish home."[1] He attended the University of Chicago, both as an undergraduate and as a graduate student, and worked with Harold Lasswell. Almond completed his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1938, but his doctoral dissertation, Plutocracy and Politics in New York City, was not published until 1998, because it included unflattering references to John D. Rockefeller, a benefactor of the University of Chicago.

Almond taught at Brooklyn College (now the City University of New York) from 1939 to 1942. With US entry into World War II, Almond joined the Office of War Information, analyzing enemy propaganda, and becoming head of its Enemy Information Section. After the war, Almond worked for the US Strategic Bombing Survey in post-war Germany.

Almond returned to academic life in 1947 and taught at Yale University where he was part of their Institute of International Studies until 1951, when he was part of a group that left for Princeton University and founded its Center of International Studies.[2] He subsequently returned to Yale in 1959, then went to Stanford University in 1963, where he remained until his retirement in 1993. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1961[3] and the American Philosophical Society in 1966.[4] He was chair of the political science department at Stanford from 1964 to 1969 and spent time as a visiting professor at the University of Tokyo, the University of Belo Horizonte, and the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Although Almond retired in 1976 and became an emeritus professor at Stanford, he continued to write and teach until his death.

Almond broadened the field of political science in the 1950s by integrating approaches from other social science disciplines, such as sociology, psychology, and anthropology, into his work. He transformed an interest in foreign policy into systematic studies of comparative political development and culture. Almond's research eventually covered many topics, including the politics of developing countries, communism, and religious fundamentalism.

Almond also contributed to theoretical work on political development. In Comparative Politics: A Developmental Approach (1966), Almond and G. Bingham Powell proposed a variety of cultural and functional ways to measure the development of societies. For a period in the 1960s and 1970s, Almond's approaches came to define comparative politics.

In a 1991 paper titled, "Capitalism and Democracy", in two paragraphs Almond stated what the basic agendas for the study of governance ought to be in US universities: that capitalism and democracy co-exist as the prevailing systems of governance the world over and they invariably interact with each other and transform each other through time."[6]

Andreas Wiedemann is an Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University. His broader research focuses on topics in political economy and comparative politics in advanced democracies, specifically on financial markets, wealth inequality, and social policies. In his current work, he explores the political causes and consequences of household indebtedness across countries, the effects of wealth in general and debt in particular on economic insecurity, and the consequences of rising indebtedness on electoral behavior and political attitudes toward redistribution and the welfare state. His research has been supported by the John Fell Fund, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy, and the Center for European Studies at Harvard University, among others. He received his Ph.D. from MIT in 2018.

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In the first collection of interviews with the most prominent scholars in comparative politics since World War II, Gerardo L. Munck and Richard Snyder trace key developments in the field during the twentieth century.

Giving voice to scholars who practice their craft in different ways yet share a passion for knowledge about global politics, Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Politics offers a wealth of insights into contemporary debates about the state of knowledge in comparative politics and the future of the field.

This distinctive book frequently illuminates the dynamics of major scholars' research agendas (and of their career paths more generally), thus making it highly recommended reading for researchers in this subfield.

An intellectual tour of the discipline of comparative politics with some of its most creative pioneers and contemporary practitioners. The carefully organized interviews offer surprising perspectives about our eclectic and evolving field, and remind us of why we became scholars of comparative politics in the first place.

This fascinating history of comparative politics offers a panoramic view of major debates and of trends in theoretical and methodological approaches over the second half of the 20th century. It brings the field to life by letting scholars who shaped it sketch their own intellectual biographies. Reading it is a truly enriching and enjoyable experience for any comparativist.

This book fills a huge void in the profession of political science. Through a series of fifteen carefully prepared and referenced, wide-ranging, and often captivating interviews with many of the most influential scholars of comparative politics, we gain a priceless perspective on the growth of the discipline and the craft of research and theory building. In their intelligent and probing interviews (and very valuable introductory chapters), Munck and Snyder go a long way toward correcting our crippling deficit in professional memory, while revealing the life histories, moral convictions, intellectual passions, and divergent theoretical and methodological approaches that have shaped and advanced comparative politics in the last half-century. This book should be read by everyone who is preparing for, or thinking about, a career in political science, no matter the field.

Reading autobiographical reflections of notable scholars is a pleasurable way of learning about a field of study. These interviews cover a good slice of modern comparative government. They are wide ranging, focused, and informative. And fun to read.

To show how great works that have shaped our understanding of politics and society are rooted in individual lives is a wonderful project. Munck and Snyder are the best of guides. Thoroughly informed about the scholarship, they explore the personal side with deftness, tact, and imagination. The result is a series of lively and revealing intellectual portraits.

A fascinating oral history of comparative politics in the United States. You could read the collected books and articles of all the fifteen leading lights represented here and never grasp the insights that these interviews offer: how wars, immigration, and the economy shaped the research agenda; how the backgrounds, personalities, and life experiences of these scholars guided their work; and how these scholars evaluate one another and those beyond this elite circle. Munck and Snyder have performed an invaluable service to the discipline.

Preface

1. The Human Dimension of Comparative Research

2. The Past and Present of Comparative Politics

The Interviews

3. Gabriel A. Almond: Structial Functionalism and Political Development

4. Barrington

Preface

1. The Human Dimension of Comparative Research

2. The Past and Present of Comparative Politics

The Interviews

3. Gabriel A. Almond: Structial Functionalism and Political Development

4. Barrington Moore, Jr.: The Critical Spirit and Comparative Historical Analysis

5. Robert A. Dahl: Normative Theory, Empirical Research, and Democracy

6. Juan J. Linz: Political Regimes and the Quest for Knowledge

7. Samuel P. Huntington: Order and Conflict in Global Perspective

8. Arend Lijphart: Political Institutions, Divided Societies, and Consociational Democracy

9. Guillermo O'Donnell: Democratization, Political Engagement, and Agenda-Setting Research

10. Philippe C. Schmitter: Corporatism, Democracy, and Conceptual Traveling

11. James C. Scott: Peasants, Power, and the Art of Resistance

12. Alfred Stepan: Democratic Governance and the Craft of Case-Based Research

13. Adam Przeworski: Capitalism, Deomcracy, and Science

14. Robert H. Bates: Markets, Politics, and Choice

15. David Collier: Critical Junctures, Concepts, and Methods

16. David D. Laitin: Culture, Rationality, and the Search for Discipline

17. Theda Skocpol: States, Revolutions, and the Comparative Historical Imagination

Appendix: Date and Location of Interviews

References

Name Index

Subject Index

Jeremy Ferwerda, assistant professor of government, has been awarded the American Political Science Association's 2017 Gabriel A. Almond Award, which is awarded annually for the best dissertation in the field of comparative politics. Read the full article here.

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