Political Analysis: A Critical Introduction

by Colin Hay

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.

Genres: Politics, Nonfiction, Political Science

314 pages, Paperback

First published September 6, 2002

Reviews

[Taha Rabbani]

در این حد که با نظریه‌های روابط بین‌الملل و علم سیاست آشنا بشم ازش بهره بردم. نمی‌دونستم توی چه کتابی باید دنبال این نظریه‌ها می‌گشتم و از نوشته‌های دو عبد، عبدالرحمن عالم و عبدالعلی قوام، خوشم نمی‌آد. این را توی کتابخونه پیدا کردم. یک کتاب روش‌شناسی علوم سیاسی صادق حقیقت هم بود که از اون هم خوشم نیومد. نمی‌دونم چرا صاف و روشن نوشتن انقدر کار سختیه برای این دانشگاهی‌ها.

[David Tyler · Rating 3 out of 5]

5.7/10. Hay does his best with difficult material. His acknowledgement of the absurd internal technical strife that plagues political analysis provides the reader with some relief.

[ehk2 · Rating 4 out of 5]

The best and most comprehensive, up-to-date introductory book for political science I've ever seen.