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by Colin Hay (Author) "While the issue with which this volume is principally concerned have, arguably, always divided political analysts, it is only in recent years that they have..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 314 pages
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (30 April 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0333750039
  • ISBN-13: 978-0333750032
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.6 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 23,166 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Sven Steinmo,University of Colorado, Boulder
'A truly excellent and enormously useful volume which provides a remarkably coherent and powerful synthesis of an enormous body of literature. Political Analysis does more than simply summarize previous work in comparative politics and international relations, it genuinely moves the debate forward…'

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"Political Analysis" provides an accessible introduction 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.

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Poltical Analysis - The Module Dreaded By First Year Undergrads.

However, this is an excellent book. Because Hay writes in such a complicated way- that requires upmost concentration - it makes a potentially boring topic interesting. Whilst other books, which are good interductions(Such as Heywood & Birch), get to the heart of the subject quicker, Hay will develop a greater understanding, and keeps the reader's attention for greater periods of time.

If you want something which is challenging and rewarding, and devlop a knowledge base greater than that found in a standard textbook, this book is for you. (if you want to scrape buy with a %40 pass don't bother)

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