TY - BOOK AU - Keman,Hans TI - Comparative politics: new directions in theory and method SN - 9053831630 AV - JF51. C6168 1993 U1 - 320.3 20 PY - 1993/// CY - Amsterdam PB - VU University Press KW - Comparative government N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-243); Introduction: Comparative Politics: New Directions in Theory and Method --; Pt. I; Comparative Politics and Political Science --; 1; The Development of the Study of Comparative Politics --; 2; Comparative Politics: A Distinctive Approach to Political Science? --; 3; Comparative Studies of Elections and Political Science --; Pt. II; Institutions, Actors and Rationality --; 4; Rational Choice as Comparative Theory: Beyond Economic Self Interest --; 5; Institutional Difference, Concepts of Actors, and the Rationality of Politics --; 6; Restrictions in the Political Control of Science --; Pt. III; Comparative Political Research --; 7; Policy Network Analysis: A Tool for Comparative Political Research --; 8; The Politics of Managing the Mixed Economy --; 9; The Political Trinity: Liberty, Equality and Fraternity --; Bibliography --; About the Editor and the Contributors ER -