How we are, or how we say that we are

The post–war comparative politics of Hans Daadler and others

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ID11891469
AuthorsLeonardo Morlino (0000-0003-3360-1091, University of Florence, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume37
Issue4
Pages497-516
Publication date2000-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Political Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0304-4130 • E-ISSN: 1475-6765
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1475-6765.00523
OpenAlexW2077068646
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited18

This article reviews Comparative European Politics: The Story of a Profession (London: Pinter 1997 and 1999), edited by Hans Daalder, one of the fathers of contemporary comparative politics. Such a volume is the collection of the autobiographies of almost all the major scholars of comparative European politics during the post–war period. It can be considered a non tedious way of getting a picture of the sub–field. What is the European comparative politics that emerges from these autobiographies? In reviewing the book the answer is provided through the analysis of four main features: first, what are the themes and methods that prevail; second, is it possible to single out the factors which form the basis of the growth in the field?— a question Daalder also asks; third, what are the “lessons” to be learnt from these scholars; and fourth, what are the most evident and noteworthy differences that exist between the work of the scholars who wrote a contribution for this book and those of the younger generations

Aesthetics · Comparative politics · Field (mathematics · Period (music · Political science · Politics · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Philosophy · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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