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Annual Review of Political Science - Volume 6, 2003
Volume 6, 2003
- Preface
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- Review Articles
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RICHARD E. NEUSTADT: Public Servant as Scholar
Vol. 6 (2003), pp. 1–22More Less▪ Abstract Richard E. Neustadt is the author of one of the most influential books ever written about political leadership. Headed for a career as a political-level bureaucrat, he “drifted” to academia after the 1952 election brought a Republican to the White House. He observed a disconnect between what he had experienced in the executive branch in Washington and what was then written about the Presiden Read More
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GOVERNMENT TERMINATION
Vol. 6 (2003), pp. 23–40More Less▪ Abstract This paper reviews a range of approaches to the analysis of government termination, by any account a very important substantive concern for political science. One essential preliminary matter is the distinction between government duration and government durability—the former an essentially empirical concept, the latter essentially theoretical. It is also important to note that empirical research into govern Read More
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ON THE PERIPHERY: Sweden
Vol. 6 (2003), pp. 41–54More Less▪ Abstract Swedish political science has a long pedigree. The Johan Skytte professorship of discourse and politics was established at Uppsala University in 1622, although political science teaching and research did not begin until the 1860s. Today, the discipline is represented at all 10 Swedish universities and at a number of other centers for higher education. Early Swedish political science gravitated toward constitutio Read More
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FOLIE RÉPUBLICAINE
Vol. 6 (2003), pp. 55–76More Less▪ Abstract Republican political theory has undergone a recent revival, first and most strongly among historians, subsequently in a more limited way among lawyers, philosophers, and political scientists. Surveying the many contexts in which republican principles are invoked, I find that appeals to republicanism are often redundant (there being other, probably better, ways of arguing for the same practices and outcome Read More
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THE COLD WAR AS HISTORY
Vol. 6 (2003), pp. 77–98More Less▪ Abstract The fall of Soviet Communism led to the release of top secret documents vital to our understanding of the Cold War. This material is, however, available to research only to a limited extent. The best access is to be obtained in the archives of the Warsaw Pact countries, including those in Berlin. In Moscow itself, secrecy still forestalls access to the most important documents, above all those relating to the origins o Read More
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ROBERT A. DAHL'S PHILOSOPHY OF DEMOCRACY, EXHIBITED IN HIS ESSAYS
Vol. 6 (2003), pp. 99–118More Less▪ Abstract Dahl's collected essays give more weight to his achievements as a philosopher of democracy than to his empirical investigations. Nevertheless, they clearly reflect his habit of working close to empirical facts, in particular the problems created for democratic practices by the size of modern political societies, their pluralism, and their intricate involvement with capitalism. His trenchant account, under the head Read More
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BRINGING ROBERT A. DAHL'S THEORY OF DEMOCRACY TO EUROPE
Vol. 6 (2003), pp. 119–137More Less▪ Abstract The recent publication of all the essays and articles written by Robert A. Dahl between 1940 and 1997 is an occasion to note the capacity of Dahl's theory of democracy to address specific problems within specific democratic countries. This review draws the threads of Dahl's work together and then applies them to the European situation. Its aim is not only to give coherence to Dahl's lifelong research project b Read More
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THE MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY: Beyond Myths and Stereotypes
Vol. 6 (2003), pp. 139–160More Less▪ Abstract This essay's point of departure is the hallowed belief that democracy requires active citizens and news media that supply them with information they need to participate effectively in politics. The main features of this model of a functioning democracy, including the underlying assumptions, are tested and found wanting. Neither citizens nor media are capable of performing the roles expected of them. The appr Read More
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THE SUPREME COURT IN AMERICAN POLITICS
Vol. 6 (2003), pp. 161–180More Less▪ Abstract The Supreme Court's role in American politics is a product of its interventions in public policy making and the impact of those interventions on government and society. The Court's frequent and substantial interventions during the past half century are especially striking, and their extent and their beneficiaries cannot be explained fully by major theories of the Court's behavior. The Court's rulings often receive Read More
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WHY THE UNITED STATES FOUGHT IN VIETNAM
Vol. 6 (2003), pp. 181–204More Less▪ Abstract Scholarship on the Vietnam war has advanced understanding of why the United States fought in Vietnam. An examination of this work leads us to consider several related topics, such as why North Vietnam won the war, why the United States and its ally South Vietnam lost the war, and whether there were missed opportunities whereby the U.S. military intervention could have been avoided. The disciplines of history Read More
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WHAT IS THIRD WORLD SECURITY?
Vol. 6 (2003), pp. 205–232More Less▪ Abstract This paper examines three images of the Third World (postcolonial, nonaligned, and less developed states) and four types of security (international, transnational, regional, and internal) on three continents (Asia, Africa, and Latin America). In the first image, the Third World is defined by a postcolonial racial divide between the former European colonial powers and their decolonized empires. The second image Read More
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ELECTORAL FRAUD: Causes, Types, and Consequences
Vol. 6 (2003), pp. 233–256More Less▪ Abstract This article reviews research on electoral fraud—clandestine and illegal efforts to shape election results. Only a handful of works classify reports on electoral fraud to identify its nature, magnitude, and causes. This review therefore looks at the larger number of historical works (as well as some ethnographies and surveys) that discuss ballot rigging. Its conclusions are threefold. First, fraud takes on a panoply of f Read More
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RAWLS AND HABERMAS ON PUBLIC REASON: Human Rights and Global Justice
Vol. 6 (2003), pp. 257–274More Less▪ Abstract Many have argued that Rawls's and Habermas's accounts of public reason have converged in their latest writings, as both support the basic structure of the modern, constitutional, democratic state. But an analysis of their views of global justice reveals deep differences in their views of public reason. For Rawls, public reason is a substantive set of principles to be used to answer fundamental questions, whose co Read More
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DEMOCRATIC INDIVIDUALISM AND ITS CRITICS
Vol. 6 (2003), pp. 275–305More Less▪ Abstract Where democracy exists, there will be individualism. The historical record shows that democracy inevitably engenders individualism. This proposition will be challenged by those who think either that individualism can obtain in nondemocratic cultures or that democracy can exist without engendering individualism. The paper rejects both contentions. The defining characteristic of democracy is freedom, and the old Read More
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DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRATIC THEORY
Vol. 6 (2003), pp. 307–326More Less▪ Abstract Deliberative democratic theory has moved beyond the “theoretical statement” stage and into the “working theory” stage. Although this essay revisits some of the main theoretical debates, this is done via a survey and evaluation of the state of deliberative democratic theory as it is being applied in a number of research areas and as it intersects with related normative debates. Five research areas are covered: publi Read More
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THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF HEALTH INTHE UNITED STATES
Vol. 6 (2003), pp. 327–343More Less▪ Abstract The United States pays a high price for its health system, and governments pay about half the costs. At the same time, the United States distinguishes itself by failing to provide health insurance for 15% of its population. In this article, I review research on the politics and economics of health to investigate three questions. Does this spending represent good value? Why does the United States spend so muc Read More
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ANCIENT EMPIRES, MODERN STATES, AND THE STUDY OF GOVERNMENT
Vol. 6 (2003), pp. 345–376More Less▪ Abstract Samuel Finer's The History of Government from the Earliest Times is not only a major contribution to the history of governance in the ancient world; it is, in certain crucial respects, the only one. This essay surveys the uses of history within the discipline of political science to establish that surprising conclusion. In certain other social sciences—most notably in economics and above all in sociology—numerous le Read More
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TRADE, FOREIGN INVESTMENT, AND SECURITY
Vol. 6 (2003), pp. 377–398More Less▪ Abstract Trade interdependence does not always reduce hostility between states. It depends on whether the trade represents vulnerability or sensitivity interdependence. Portfolio investment also does not represent a tie that binds politically. Even more important, foreign direct investment (FDI) represents a link that is costly (and time-consuming) to break. Thus, FDI links between countries are more likely to reduce conflict t Read More
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CURRENT CONTROVERSIES IN FEMINIST THEORY
Vol. 6 (2003), pp. 399–431More Less▪ Abstract Over the past two decades, academic feminism has differentiated and fragmented substantially in light of a wide range of new approaches in theory. This overview and assessment of the wide, diverse, and changing field of feminist theory gives particular attention to contestations surrounding the political theorizing of gender, identity, and subjectivity. Three divergent and oppositional perspectives—dif Read More
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Previous Volumes
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Volume 27 (2024)
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Volume 26 (2023)
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Volume 25 (2022)
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Volume 24 (2021)
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Volume 23 (2020)
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Volume 22 (2019)
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Volume 21 (2018)
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Volume 20 (2017)
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Volume 19 (2016)
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Volume 18 (2015)
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Volume 17 (2014)
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Volume 16 (2013)
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Volume 15 (2012)
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Volume 14 (2011)
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Volume 13 (2010)
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Volume 12 (2009)
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Volume 11 (2008)
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Volume 10 (2007)
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Volume 9 (2006)
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Volume 8 (2005)
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Volume 7 (2004)
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Volume 6 (2003)
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Volume 5 (2002)
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Volume 4 (2001)
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Volume 3 (2000)
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Volume 2 (1999)
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Volume 1 (1998)
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Volume 0 (1932)