Problems, methods, and theories in the study of politics, or: What’s wrong with political science and what to do about it

Problems and Methods in the Study of Politics

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 19-41

  Shapiro, Ian ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645165406     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511492174.002     Document Type: Chapter

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