The Vocation of Political Theory: Principles, Empirical Inquiry and the Politics of Opportunity

European Journal of Political Theory

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 325-350

  Stears, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abstraction; constructivism; empiricism; facts and principles; methodology in political theory; universalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248041227     PISSN: 14748851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1474885105055981     Document Type: Article

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