Finlayson, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3939-349X
(2017)
Interpretation and social explanation.
Political Studies Review, 15 (2).
pp. 210-216.
ISSN 1478-9299
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Abstract
In this article I focus on those aspects of Keith Dowding’s book that are most concerned with interpretive approaches to the study of politics. I argue that, in ways not adequately captured by Dowding’s descriptions, the historical study of political concepts tells us something about their historical political effects and for this reason has a distinct value for how we think about and study politics. Furthermore, I argue, concepts of and about politics, including the concepts of political science, cannot be fully separated from the political contexts of which they are a part. Concepts which function as generalisable explanations at one point in time can shape the thinking and behaviour of political actors and thus be very particular causes. A philosophy or method of political science unaware of or inattentive to this dimension of politics and political science is incomplete.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | interpretivism,political science methods,dowding |
Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies |
UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Policy & Politics Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Political, Social and International Studies Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Cultural Politics, Communications & Media |
Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
Date Deposited: | 06 Jan 2017 00:02 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jul 2023 09:44 |
URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/61927 |
DOI: | 10.1177/1478929917693644 |
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