Political Science: Method and Theory/Science Politique: Méthodes et Théories
| Published date | 01 August 2010 |
| Date | 01 August 2010 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/00208345100600040101 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE : ME THOD AND THEORY
SCIENCE POLITIQUE : MÉ THODES ET THÉORIES
60.4590 ABDELAL, Rawi ; MEUNIER, Sophie — Managed globaliza-
tion: doctrine, practice and promise. Journal of European
Public Policy 17(3), 2010 : 350-367.
Two alternate visions for s haping and explaining the governance of
economic globalization have been in competition for the past 20 years:
an ad hoc, lai ssez-faire vision promoted by the US versus a managed
vision relying on multilateral rules and international organizations pro-
moted by the EU. Although the A merican vision prevailed in the past
decade, the current worldwide crisis gives a new life and legitimacy to
the European vision. This essay explores how this European vision,
often referred to as “managed globalization”, has been concei ved and
implemented and how the rules that Europe f ashioned in trade and
finance actually shaped the w orld economy. In doing so, we highlig ht the
paradox that managed globalization has been a force for liberalization.
[R] [See Abstr. 60.4850]
60.4591 AINSWORTH, Hannah R. ; TORGER SON, David J. ; KANG
'OMBE, Arthur R. — Conceptua l, design, and statistical
complications associated with participant preference.
Annals of t he American Academy of Political and Social Sci-
ence 628, March 2010 : 176-188.
Participants in randomized trials sometimes prefer to be assi gned to one
arm rather than another. While randomization aims to ensu re that par-
ticipants with different preferences are spread equally among the arms of
the trials, it cannot always address the possible effects of participant
preferences on outcomes, compliance, and attrition. T his paper dis-
cusses the conceptual, design, and statistical complications associated
with preference effects and evaluates a number of experimental designs
that have been proposed to gauge and minimize the effect of participant
preferences. [R] [See Abstr. 60.4700]
60.4592 ALEMÁN, Eduardo ; CALVO, Ernesto — Unified govern-
ment, bill a pproval, and the le gislative weight of th e
president. Comparative Political Studies 43(4), Apr. 2010 :
511-534.
This article proposes a new ap proach to measuring the legislative weight
of the [US] president and Congress based on the approval of each
actor's legislative agenda. The authors foc us on presidential systems
where presidents possess both formal authority to introduce their own
bills and a va riety of prerogatives to influenc e the passage of legislation.
The authors argue that the legislative weight of the president varies over
time in response to contextual political variables. After devising a general
model to measure changes in the legislative weight of the president vis-
à-vis Congress, the authors empirically test their propositions using data
from Argentina. The r esults indicate that the policy a nd productivity
weights of the president actually increase in the absence of unifie d
government. [R]
60.4593 ARCHIBUGI, Daniele , et al. — Global democracy: a sym-
posium on a new political ho pe. New Political Science
32(1), March 2010 : 83-121.
The idea that the val ues and norms of democracy can also be applied to
global politics is increasingly debated in academe. The six authors
participating in this symposium are all advocates of global democracy,
but there are significant differences in the way they envision its imple-
mentation. Some of the contributors discuss if and how substantial
changes undertaken by states, mostly in their foreign policies, may also
generate positive consequences in global politics. Other contrib utors
address the nature of the international arena and the possible reforms it
should undergo starting with the reform of international organizations.
The debate combines theoretical aspects with normative proposals that
could also be advanced in the political arena and offe rs a wide range of
perspectives on the attempts to achieve a more democratic global
political community. [R]
60.4594 AUSTVEG, Berit ; CHRISTENSEN, Marte — Mødrehelseini-
tiativet: et globalt perspektiv (The maternal health initia-
tive: a global perspective). Internasjonal Politikk 68(1),
2010 : 63-88.
One of the goals for global development to be reached by 2015 was a
75% reduction in mortality of women in relation with pregna ncy, delivery
and abortion. [Most] deaths i n these areas occur in poor countries, and
particularly where there is gross social inequity. Despite increasing
political will at global l evel and among state leaders in recent years, as
well as acknowledgement of m aternal health as a human right, the
priority given to t his issue is still too lo w. The article discusses the differ-
ent reasons, and examines why the global initiative for safe motherhood
has made such little progress during its 20-year existence. A framework
is used that encompasses the political context, degree of agreement and
cooperation among the actors, ideas and their presentation, and how the
effect of the efforts can be measured. [R, abr.]
60.4595 BADER, Julia ; GRÄVINGHOLT, Jörn ; KÄSTNER, Antje —
Would autocracies promote autocracy? A political econ-
omy perspective on regime-type export in r egional
neighbourhoods. Contemporary Politics 16(1), Ma rch 2010 :
81-100.
Non-democratic regional powers a re increasingly blamed for authoritar-
ian backlashes in formerly democratizing countries, or fo r the persistence
of entr enched autocratic regimes in their neighborhood. Yet there is a
striking scarcity of theoretical deliberations as to why powerful autocra-
cies should prefer autocratic neighbors over democratic ones. Employing
a rational-choice model that links foreign policy behavior to the logic of
domestic politics, this a rticle develops a theoretical argument why, and
[in] which circumstances, autocratic regional powers should be expected
to attempt to impact upon governance structures in their regional envi-
ronment. [R, abr.] [See Abstr. 60.4615]
60.4596 BALDEZ, Lisa — The gender lacuna in comparative poli-
tics. Perspectives on Politics 8(1), March 2010 : 199-206.
What accounts for the glaring inattention to work on gender within main-
stream political scie nce? Part of the problem lies in the substance of
scholarship itself. The concepts, central questions, and key v ariables that
predominate in the mainstream literature on comparative democratiza-
tion and in the literature on gender and democratization have contributed
to the gulf between them. But a more fundamental explanation lies i n the
starting assumptions of scholars in the two camps. mainstream scholars
rarely question whether gender is relevant to politics, and gender schol-
ars rarely question whether gender is not relevant to politics. I illustrate
some ways in which gender could b e incorporated into mainstream work,
and discuss how gender research could be made more broadly com-
parative. [R] [See Abstr. 60.4598]
60.4597 BECKER, Derick — The neoliberal moment: communica-
tive interaction an d a discursive analysis of the global
political economy. International Politics 47(2), March 2010 :
251-268.
This article is motivated by the general tre nd toward global neoliberalism,
and the discursive turn in IR scholarship. Neoliberalism, while not fully
practiced anywhere, has become the dominant discourse and normative
measure of economic policy ideas around which policy debates coa-
lesce. This all is the more noticeable among the lesser-developed coun-
tries. This article explains this gradual shift in the global politic al econ-
omy where most discussions center around a core set of ide as and
beliefs about how the system ought to function. Given that evidence of
this ideational/discursive shift predates the end of the C old Wa r and
changed out of step with the steady growth in economic interdepend-
ence, new approaches are war ranted. The study of social interaction
among states will shed considerable light onto how the international
system has developed into its current state. [R, abr.]
60.4598 BECKWITH, Karen — Comparative politics and the logics
of a comparative politics of gender. Perspectives on Poli-
tics 8(1), March 2010 : 159-168.
I discuss what I mean by "gender" in the context of c omparative politics.
Briefly enumerating th e advantages of comparative politics as a subfield
for a gendered analysis of political phenomena, I discuss how a com-
parative politics of gender can serve to advance our understanding of
politics generally, and I provide an example of subfield research — the
study o f political violence — where gender as a metaconcept may be
particularly useful. I consider what it would mean to our study of gender
and of comparative politics to place gender as a central c oncept in
comparative political research and to mov e to a comparative p olitics of
gender. [R, abr.] [Introduction to a symposium on "A co mparative politics
of gender", edited by the author. See also Abstr. 60.4596, 4617, 4620,
4655, 4665, 4668, 4714, 4729, 4733]
60.4599 BÉLAND, Daniel — The idea of power and the role of
ideas. Political Studies Review 8(2), May 2010 : 145-154.
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