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The Oxford Handbook of Political Theory (Oxford Handbooks of Political Science) |  | Creators: John S. Dryzek, Bonnie Honig, Anne Phillips
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Category: Book
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Pages: 904
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Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 6.8 x 1.7
ISBN: 0199548439
Dewey Decimal Number: 320
EAN: 9780199548439
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Long recognized as one of the main branches of political science, political theory has in recent years burgeoned in many different directions. Close textual analysis of historical texts sits alongside more analytical work on the nature and normative grounds of political values. Continental and post-modern influences jostle with ones from economics, history, sociology, and the law. Feminist concerns with embodiment make us look at old problems in new ways, and challenges of new technologies open whole new vistas for political theory. This Handbook provides comprehensive and critical coverage of the lively and contested field of political theory, and will help set the agenda for the field for years to come. Forty-five chapters by distinguished political theorists look at the state of the field, where it has been in the recent past, and where it is likely to go in future. They examine political theory's edges as well as its core, the globalizing context of the field, and the challenges presented by social, economic, and technological changes.
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Not up to it March 26, 2008
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6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Despite its somewhat innovative organizing of the subject matter, this book is simply not up to it. One gets the impression that the scholars writing many of the chapters are about to finish their PhD. The contributions are simply not that interesting or authoritative. More often than not, they simply appear to sum up what this and that academic said, failing to make substantial contributions.
In particular, I was disappointed about the introductory chapter on Habermas and Part VI on Justice, Equality and Freedom. I am both a philosopher and an economist, and I didn't find much food for thought here.
I have to contrast the Oxford Handbook to the Handbook of Political Theory from SAGE edited by Gerald F Gaus and Chandran Kukathas. This is a superb handbook which really pushes forward and explores the different themes brilliantly. In short, don't waste your money on Oxford, buy the SAGE handbook instead. (By the way, Dryzek makes an excellent contribution on democratic theory to the SAGE handbook.)
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