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Evaluating the Theory of Symbolic Politics' Impact on the Pluralist Research Program

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ID6230072
AutoresHillard Pouncy (autor correspondente)
Ano1988
Volume32
Fascículo3
Páginas781
Data de publicação1988-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0092-5853 • E-ISSN: 1540-5907
EditoraJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2111246
OpenAlexW2326873867
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas23

A clash between the theory of symbolic politics, first put forward in The Symbolic Uses of Politics over 20 years ago, and the pluralist research program demonstrates that not all social science conduct can be adequately addressed within frameworks borrowed from philosophy of science methodologies. The theory argued that different organizational psychologies distinguish issue movements, or reform campaigns, from ordinary interest groups. It believed that the difference negated the pluralist fluidity assumption that fluid, nonmonopolized interactions characterize interest group relationships. The controversy yielded unanticipated facts and was resolved without either side losing conceptual integrity. Lakatosian research methodology instructs researchers to probe conflicts like these to determine whether knowledge grows or new facts emerge. The methodology also assumes that clashes are resolved when one side overturns the other. This clash demonstrates how knowledge also grows when a research program and an anomalous theory are synthesized

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