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The vocation of political theory: principles, empirical inquiry and the politics of opportunity
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What is the purpose of political theoretical endeavour and what methods should the early 21st-century political theorist employ? These questions - which touch on issues which go to the very heart of the vocation of political theory - have become increasingly contentious in recent years. The period since the late 1980s has been one in which theorists have increasingly disagreed not only about conventional matters of normative contention but also about the means by which to seek to resolve them...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- SAGE Publications Publisher's website
- Journal:
- European Journal of Political Theory Journal website
- Volume:
- 4
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 325-350
- Publication date:
- 2005-10-05
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1741-2730
- ISSN:
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1474-8851
- URN:
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uuid:d8b60c52-0520-4ba2-b6c9-4deb0f9f327c
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- ora:5579
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- English
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- 2005
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