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Oxford handbook of philosophy of political science

Harold Kincaid and Jeroen Van Bouwel (UGent)
(2023)
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Harold Kincaid and (UGent)
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Abstract
The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Political Science contains twenty-seven freshly written chapters to give the reader a panoramic introduction to philosophical issues in the practice of political science. Simultaneously, it advances the field of Philosophy of Political Science by creating a fruitful meeting place where both philosophers and practicing political scientists contribute and discuss. These philosophical discussions are close to and informed by actual developments in political science, making philosophy of science continuous with the sciences, another aspiration that motivates this volume. The chapters fall under four headings: (1) evaluating theoretical frameworks in political science; (2) methodological challenges and reconciliations; (3) the purposes and uses of political science; and (4) the interactions between political science and society. Specific topics discussed include the biology of political attitudes, intraagent mechanisms, rational choice explanations, theories of collective action, explaining institutional change, conceptualizing and measuring democracy, process tracing, qualitative comparative analysis, interpretivism and positivism, mixed methods, within-cause causal inference, evidential pluralism, lab and field experiments, external validity, contextualization, prediction, expertise, clientelism, feminism, values, and progress in political science.
Keywords
political science methodology, philosophy of science, political psychology, rational choice theory, social mechanisms, qualitative research, process tracing, mixed methods, experimental political science, values in political science

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Kincaid, Harold, and Jeroen Van Bouwel, editors. Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Political Science. Oxford University Press, 2023, doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197519806.001.0001.
APA
Kincaid, H., & Van Bouwel, J. (Eds.). (2023). Oxford handbook of philosophy of political science. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197519806.001.0001
Chicago author-date
Kincaid, Harold, and Jeroen Van Bouwel, eds. 2023. “Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Political Science.” Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197519806.001.0001.
Chicago author-date (all authors)
Kincaid, Harold, and Jeroen Van Bouwel, eds. 2023. “Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Political Science.” Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197519806.001.0001.
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Kincaid H, Van Bouwel J, editors. Oxford handbook of philosophy of political science. Oxford University Press; 2023.
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H. Kincaid and J. Van Bouwel, Eds., “Oxford handbook of philosophy of political science.” Oxford University Press, 2023.
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  abstract     = {{The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Political Science contains twenty-seven freshly written chapters to give the reader a panoramic introduction to philosophical issues in the practice of political science. Simultaneously, it advances the field of Philosophy of Political Science by creating a fruitful meeting place where both philosophers and practicing political scientists contribute and discuss. These philosophical discussions are close to and informed by actual developments in political science, making philosophy of science continuous with the sciences, another aspiration that motivates this volume. The chapters fall under four headings: (1) evaluating theoretical frameworks in political science; (2) methodological challenges and reconciliations; (3) the purposes and uses of political science; and (4) the interactions between political science and society. Specific topics discussed include the biology of political attitudes, intraagent mechanisms, rational choice explanations, theories of collective action, explaining institutional change, conceptualizing and measuring democracy, process tracing, qualitative comparative analysis, interpretivism and positivism, mixed methods, within-cause causal inference, evidential pluralism, lab and field experiments, external validity, contextualization, prediction, expertise, clientelism, feminism, values, and progress in political science.}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  title        = {{Oxford handbook of philosophy of political science}},
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