Hyperpolitics: An Interactive Dictionary of Political Science Concepts
by Mauro Calise and Theodore J. Lowi
University of Chicago Press, 2010 Cloth: 978-0-226-09101-3 | Paper: 978-0-226-09102-0 | eISBN: 978-0-226-09100-6 Library of Congress Classification JA61.C35 2010 Dewey Decimal Classification 320.03
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Fifteen years in the making, Hyperpolitics is an interactive dictionary offering a wholly original approach for understanding and working with the most central concepts in political science. Designed and authored by two of the discipline’s most distinguished scholars, its purpose is to provide its readers with fresh critical insights about what informs these political concepts, as well as a method by which readers—and especially students—can unpack and reconstruct them on their own.
International in scope, Hyperpolitics draws upon a global vocabulary in order to turn complex ideas into an innovative teaching aid. Its companion open access website (www.hyperpolitics.net) has already been widely acknowledged in the fields of education and political science and will continue to serve as a formidable hub for the book’s audience. Much more than a dictionary and enhanced by dynamic graphics, Hyperpolitics introduces an ingenious means of understanding complicated concepts that will be an invaluable tool for scholars and students alike.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Mauro Calise is professor of political science at the University of Naples Federico II. The author of several books (www.maurocalise.it), he is also the president of the Italian Political Science Association and director of the IPSA Web Portal for Electronic Sources. Theodore J. Lowi is the John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions at Cornell University. A former president of the American Political Science Association and of the International Political Science Association, he is the author of The End of Liberalism.
REVIEWS
“All of this is wonderful, exciting, imaginative, and generous. Hyperpolitics is a great service to many disciplines, not just political science. As an intellectual history of political science, this book is unequalled. This is a pioneering reinvention of the dictionary.”
— Richard M. Valelly, Swarthmore College
“By confronting the pervasive failure to teach innovative work with concepts, Hyperpolitics makes a stunning contribution. Calise and Lowi broaden our horizon by creating a new map of conceptual structure that will enlighten scholars and students, challenging them to extend it.”
— David Collier, University of California, Berkeley
“When it takes two first-class authors fifteen years to produce a book, the book must be taken seriously. Hyperpolitics is a highly innovative and formidable instrument for handling and understanding concepts. I miss having had to miss it in my time.”—Giovanni Sartori, Columbia University
— Giovanni Sartori
“In Hyperpolitics, two esteemed political scientists combine a broad knowledge of the field and commitment to transparent, cumulative conceptual development with an elegant interface. The result is a work that is both simple to use for the novice and rich and sophisticated for the established scholar. Innovative and smart, Hyperpolitics will make a splendid contribution to conceptual development in comparative politics and to the training of students, as well.”—Edward Schatz, University of Toronto
— Edward Schatz
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgment
Introduction
Bringing Concepts Back In
The Dictionary
A User’s Guide
The Entries
Main Entries
Administration
Agenda.
Authority
Bureaucracy
Citizen
Constitution
Corporation
Interest
Justice
Law
Legislature
Liberalism
Liberty
Opinion
Party
Pluralism
Policy
Welfare
Short Entries
Charisma
Choice
Clientelism
Coalition
Conservatism
Election
Federalism
Government
Legitimacy
Majority
Media
Movement
Participation
Populism
Socialism
Terrorism
Violence
Cross-Entries
Autonomy
Civil Society
Class
Community
Conflict
Consensus
Contract
Court
Decision
Democracy
Elite
Equality
Group
Ideology
Institution
Leadership
Lobbying
Market
Monarchy
Nation
Oligarchy
Order
Patronage
Polling
Public
Regulation
Representation
Revolution
Rights
Rules
State
Trust
Bibliography
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Hyperpolitics: An Interactive Dictionary of Political Science Concepts
by Mauro Calise and Theodore J. Lowi
University of Chicago Press, 2010 Cloth: 978-0-226-09101-3 Paper: 978-0-226-09102-0 eISBN: 978-0-226-09100-6
Fifteen years in the making, Hyperpolitics is an interactive dictionary offering a wholly original approach for understanding and working with the most central concepts in political science. Designed and authored by two of the discipline’s most distinguished scholars, its purpose is to provide its readers with fresh critical insights about what informs these political concepts, as well as a method by which readers—and especially students—can unpack and reconstruct them on their own.
International in scope, Hyperpolitics draws upon a global vocabulary in order to turn complex ideas into an innovative teaching aid. Its companion open access website (www.hyperpolitics.net) has already been widely acknowledged in the fields of education and political science and will continue to serve as a formidable hub for the book’s audience. Much more than a dictionary and enhanced by dynamic graphics, Hyperpolitics introduces an ingenious means of understanding complicated concepts that will be an invaluable tool for scholars and students alike.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Mauro Calise is professor of political science at the University of Naples Federico II. The author of several books (www.maurocalise.it), he is also the president of the Italian Political Science Association and director of the IPSA Web Portal for Electronic Sources. Theodore J. Lowi is the John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions at Cornell University. A former president of the American Political Science Association and of the International Political Science Association, he is the author of The End of Liberalism.
REVIEWS
“All of this is wonderful, exciting, imaginative, and generous. Hyperpolitics is a great service to many disciplines, not just political science. As an intellectual history of political science, this book is unequalled. This is a pioneering reinvention of the dictionary.”
— Richard M. Valelly, Swarthmore College
“By confronting the pervasive failure to teach innovative work with concepts, Hyperpolitics makes a stunning contribution. Calise and Lowi broaden our horizon by creating a new map of conceptual structure that will enlighten scholars and students, challenging them to extend it.”
— David Collier, University of California, Berkeley
“When it takes two first-class authors fifteen years to produce a book, the book must be taken seriously. Hyperpolitics is a highly innovative and formidable instrument for handling and understanding concepts. I miss having had to miss it in my time.”—Giovanni Sartori, Columbia University
— Giovanni Sartori
“In Hyperpolitics, two esteemed political scientists combine a broad knowledge of the field and commitment to transparent, cumulative conceptual development with an elegant interface. The result is a work that is both simple to use for the novice and rich and sophisticated for the established scholar. Innovative and smart, Hyperpolitics will make a splendid contribution to conceptual development in comparative politics and to the training of students, as well.”—Edward Schatz, University of Toronto
— Edward Schatz
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgment
Introduction
Bringing Concepts Back In
The Dictionary
A User’s Guide
The Entries
Main Entries
Administration
Agenda.
Authority
Bureaucracy
Citizen
Constitution
Corporation
Interest
Justice
Law
Legislature
Liberalism
Liberty
Opinion
Party
Pluralism
Policy
Welfare
Short Entries
Charisma
Choice
Clientelism
Coalition
Conservatism
Election
Federalism
Government
Legitimacy
Majority
Media
Movement
Participation
Populism
Socialism
Terrorism
Violence
Cross-Entries
Autonomy
Civil Society
Class
Community
Conflict
Consensus
Contract
Court
Decision
Democracy
Elite
Equality
Group
Ideology
Institution
Leadership
Lobbying
Market
Monarchy
Nation
Oligarchy
Order
Patronage
Polling
Public
Regulation
Representation
Revolution
Rights
Rules
State
Trust
Bibliography
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