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Article: Comparative political science: an inventory and assessment since the 1980's.
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- PS: Political Science & Politics
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- March 1, 1999
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What have political scientists in comparative politics published over the last 15 years? What methods have they employed? And what do the recent trends in the journal literature suggest about where the field of comparative politics will (or should be) headed during the next 15 years?
Lee Sigelman and George Gadbois published the last systematic review of comparative politics journals in 1983. Since that time, new theories, methods, and interests have inspired political scientists. I have conducted a similar review of the journal literature through 1997 in the hopes of providing comparativists with an empirical benchmark from which to judge the progress of the ...