지역학의 일부인가 정치학의 핵심인가: 미국정치연구의 성격과 과제
A Part of Area Studies or a Core of Political Science?: Methodological Note for Studies of American Politics
0
조회
0
다운로드
3
인용
0
참고문헌
키워드
초록
This article provides a methodological perspective to guide studies of American politics. Main argument goes that studies of American politics should go beyond area studies to become a core of comparative politics. Full integration into the field of comparative politics would require a balance between contextual specificity and theoretical generality. A close observation of concrete details of specific cases in American politics must be complemented by a theoretical effort to find broad implications for comparative politics in general. A theory-conscious Americanist would take a theory-driven, not data-driven, approach and would view American politics as an important, but not exclusive, case to be theoretically compared with politics in other parts of the world. He or she would also understand that a theoretical effort calls for intellectual interactions with political scientists in various fields; in the words of King, Keohane, and Verba, studies of American politics ought to be a “social enterprise.” This article discusses in detail in what sense and how a researcher on American politics could elevate one’s work to a core of comparative politics and, more generally, political science. This article also warns of some methodological problems hampering this theoretical elevation, and presents a sample of specific topics in American politics promising to avoid them.
Abstract
This article provides a methodological perspective to guide studies of American politics. Main argument goes that studies of American politics should go beyond area studies to become a core of comparative politics. Full integration into the field of comparative politics would require a balance between contextual specificity and theoretical generality. A close observation of concrete details of specific cases in American politics must be complemented by a theoretical effort to find broad implications for comparative politics in general. A theory-conscious Americanist would take a theory-driven, not data-driven, approach and would view American politics as an important, but not exclusive, case to be theoretically compared with politics in other parts of the world. He or she would also understand that a theoretical effort calls for intellectual interactions with political scientists in various fields; in the words of King, Keohane, and Verba, studies of American politics ought to be a “social enterprise.” This article discusses in detail in what sense and how a researcher on American politics could elevate one’s work to a core of comparative politics and, more generally, political science. This article also warns of some methodological problems hampering this theoretical elevation, and presents a sample of specific topics in American politics promising to avoid them.
참고문헌 (27)
- 미국정치연구회, "전환기 미국정치의 변화와 지속성" (2003), 서울: 오름
- "부시 재집권과 미국의 분열: 2004년 미국대통령선거" (2005), 서울: 오름
- "미국 의회선거의 변화와 지속성: 2002년 중간선거 분석" (2003), 서울: 오름
- "2000년 미국대선: 민주주의의 위기인가" (2001), 서울: 오름
- "＂미국 지역학의 개념과 교육 프로그램＂ 정연선 외. 한국에서의 미국학: 이론과 실제" (2005), 서울: 한국외국어대학교 출판부.
- "지역연구로서의 미국정치 연구의 영역과 과제" (2001)
- "＂도그마와 컨센서스 사이: 테러시대의 미국민주주의＂" (2002), 계간사상 (봄)
- "Schools and Sects in Political Science" (1988)
- "Area Studies and the Discipline: A Useful Controversy", 30(2) (1997), PS: Political Science & Politics
- "Culture, Capitalism, and Democracy in the New America" (2005), New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
- "Case Study and Theory in Political Science Handbook of Political Science" (1975)
- "The Interpretation of Cultures" (1973), Basic Books
- "Further Essays in Interpretive Anthropology", local k(wledge) (1983), Basic Books
- "Social Science Methodology: A Criterial Framework" (2001), Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
- "＂Globalization and Area Studies: When Is Too Broad Too Narrow?＂", 23, pp.44~ (1998)
- "＂Area Studies and the Discipline: Towards New Interconnections＂", 34(4) (2001), PS: Political Science & Politics.
- "The Liberal Tradtion in America" (1955)
- "＂Africanists’ Contributions to Political Science＂" (2001), ＂Africanists’ Contributions to Political Science＂
- "Politics, Political Science, and Specialization" (2002), PS: Political Science & Politics
- "Area and Regional Studies in the United States" (2001), PS: Political Science & Politics
- "Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research" (1994), Princeton University Press
- "Is a Science of Comparative Politics Possible? The Philosophy of Social Explanation" (1973), Oxford University Press
- "Perestroika! The Raucous Rebellion in Political Science" (2005), New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
- "Asia Studies and the Discipline" (2001), PS: Political Science & Politics.
- "The Cultures of Area Studies in the United States" (1994)
- "＂Perestroika and Its Other＂ in Kristen Renwick Monroe. ed" (2005), New Haven, CT: Yale University Press
- "The Idea of a Social Science and Its Relation to Philosophy" (1963), Winch