Comparative-historical analysis (CHA) has a long and distinguished pedigree in political
science. In a discipline in which a succession of different movements has advocated new …

HANDBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 86 technical approaches used properly.
More importantly, it conflates a discussion of particular ways to do rational choice with the …

Enfoques para el análisis político se presenta como un estudio comparado de veinte
perspectivas actualmente en uso por parte de la ciencia política, para acercarse a …

Political science is an intensely quantitative discipline, and models are central. Political
scientists use models—formal and informal, statistical and qualitative—to investigate and …

Students can easily misstep when they first begin to do research. Leanne C. Powner's new
title Empirical Research and Writing: A Student's Practical Guide provides valuable advice …

As dramatically evidenced by the global financial crisis, the interaction of domestic
regulatory systems has significant international consequences. Nevertheless, these …

Most methods in comparative politics prescribe a deductive template of research practices
that begins with proposing hypotheses, proceeds into analyzing data, and finally concludes …

Bendor, Moe, and Shotts want to rescue some of the ideas of the garbage can model and
the new institutionalism. Their rescue program, however, is alien to the spirit of not only our …

Covering the period from the 1920s, when international tax policy was solely about avoiding
double taxation, to the present era of international tax competition, Rixen investigates the …

The most common image of world politics involves states negotiating, cooperating, or
sometimes fighting with one another; billiard balls in motion on a global pool table. Yet …