Frederic J. Fleron

Russian Studies and Comparative Politics

Views from Metatheory and Middle-Range Theory

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This study examines Russian politics in the Soviet and post-Soviet eras using sociologist Robert Merton’s middle-range theory. It analyzes ideology, decision making, political culture, public opinion, and democratization and offers an innovative approach to the study of Russian politics in the twenty-first century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 735g
• ISBN-13: 9780739129616
• ISBN-10: 0739129619
• Artikelnr.: 46764668

Autorenporträt

Frederic J. Fleron Jr. is university research scholar and professor emeritus of political science at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: The View from Middle-Range
Part II: Metatheory
Chapter 2: The Logic of Inquiry in Sovietology: Soviet Area Studies and the
Social Sciences
Chapter 3: Silver Anniversary of the Publication of Communist Studies and
the Social Sciences
Chapter 4: The Logic of Inquiry in Post-Sovietology: Russian Studies and
the Social Sciences
Part III: Middle-Range Theories
Chapter 5: Co-optation as a Mechanism of Adaptation to Change
Chapter 6: Motivation, Methodology and Communist Ideology
Chapter 7: The Western Connection: Technical Rationality and Soviet
Politics
Chapter 8: Political Culture in Post-Soviet Russia: Recent Empirical
Investigations
Chapter 9: Does the Public Matter for Democratization in Russia?
Chapter 10: Congruence Theory Applied: Democratization in Russia
Part IV: Conclusion
Chapter 11: Conclusion: Thinking Theoretically about Russian & Soviet
Politics: Carnivals, Cockfights, and Epistemic Communities