Talk:Comparative politics/Archive 1

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You cited that "Arend Lijphart argues that comparative politics does not have a substantive focus in itself, but rather a methodological one: it focuses on "the how but does not specify the what of the analysis" But when i saw the true text Lijphart continue to said "The label is somewhat misleading because both explicit methodological concern and implicit methodological awareness among students of comparative politics have generally not been very high." So I think you misunderstand about Lijphart? (68.231.39.196 (talk) 06:58, 4 January 2010 (UTC)) The section on "comparative method" does not include an actual definition of it. It "classifies" it, it indicates strategies it uses, but does not define it. This shortcoming is also found in important works on comparative methodology, like Peter A. Hall's "Aligning Ontology and Methodology in Comparative Research" (2003), which states when the method is "normally applied" or the type of assumtions it requires, but never actually states "the comparative method is" or "is defined as"... (68.231.39.196 (talk) 06:58, 4 January 2010 (UTC))

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State collapse

This is a new and related article about recurrent collapses; eg Nazi Germany, USSR, Apartheid South Africa, Austria Hungary, Imperial Russia, Japan, fascist Italy, Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya, etc. As the article explains, comparative research in this area is very sparse. Does anyone reading this have a contribution to make to this new article? Many thanks. Crawiki (talk) 11:25, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

Link... State collapse Crawiki (talk) 11:27, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

Political midlife crisis

Political midlife crisis , same comments apply as for talk on State collapse above , many thanks Crawiki (talk) Crawiki (talk) 11:29, 8 November 2017 (UTC)