Logic of Comparative Social Inquiry

by Adam Przeworski

The purpose of this book is to identify problems encountered in one area of social scientific inquiry and to offer some solutions to them. But the identification of problems is not independent of the proposed solutions; both are based on a set of assumptions about the accepted goals and the postulated model of inquiry. Since the study of societies lies at the crossroad of several models of science, these assumptions are of crucial importance. As different models of science persist within and between various branches of the study of society, an attempt will be made to state some assumptions of the set of recommendations that will be presented.

Genres: Political Science, Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1970

About the author

Adam Przeworski is the Carroll and Milton Professor of Politics and (by courtesy) Economics at New York University. Previously he taught at the University of Chicago, where he was the Martin A. Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor, and held visiting appointments in India, Chile, France, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1991, he is the recipient of the 1985 Socialist Review Book Award, the 1998 Gregory M. Luebbert Article Award, the 2001 Woodrow Wilson Prize, the 2010 Lawrence Longley Award, the 2010 Johan Skytte Prize, the 2018 Sakip Sabanci Award, and the 2018 Juan Linz Prize.. He recently published Why Bother with Elections? (London: Polity Press 2018).

Reviews

[Silvia Huang · Rating 5 out of 5]

even after 4 decades, the sprite of seeking grand generalities in comparative studies and the systematic methods that should be adopted are still very useful for contemporary comparative social studies.

[Kate Poz]

I read parts of this book for a graduate seminar, I enjoyed what I read. I will read the rest of the book soon.