Contextualizing Concepts
The Methodology of Comparative Political Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6403474 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adrian Little (0000-0003-1401-238X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 87-113 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s003467051700078x |
| OpenAlex | W2793343889 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 53 |
Over the last twenty years, comparative political theory has emerged as a distinctive contribution to contemporary theoretical and methodological debate in making the case for greater engagement between “Western” and “non-Western” traditions. While comparative political theory includes multiple methodological approaches and numerous objectives, this article argues for an interpretive method that combines conceptual and contextual analysis to demonstrate both the malleability of concepts and the varying implications that these concepts can have for political action in particular settings. The contextualized comparison need not necessarily be between Western and non-Western cases. This article argues for a “contextualizing concepts” approach and exemplifies this through an analysis of three cases where the concept of reconciliation has been articulated as a means of transforming divided societies since the 1990s: South Africa, Northern Ireland, and Australia
Action (physics · Epistemology · Malleability · Political action · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · Philosophy · Political Conflict and Governance · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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From Navajo “Holy Wind” to Spinoza’s Divine Nature
The Other China Model
Back to the rough ground
Re-Engaging Normative and Empirical Democratic Theory
The Limits of Settler Colonial Reconciliation
Just and Unjust Peace
The Politics of Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa
No Future Without Forgiveness
Futures Past
The Practice of Conceptual History
The Political Theory of Political Thinking
In the Beginning Was the Deed
Transitional Justice
The Moral Imagination
Philosophy and Real Politics
Philosophical Hermeneutics in Practice
The Way Forward in Comparative Political Thought
Effects of Invisibility
Invisibility and the Politics of Reconciliation in Australia
Fanonian practices in South Africa
The politics of ‘whataboutery’
The Berlin walls of Belfast
Response to “What Is Comparative Political Theory
What Is Comparative Political Theory
Comparative Political Theory
Journeys to “the Other Shore
Reframing the Responsibilities of Bystanders through Film
Political Theory and the Politics of Comparison
A Democratic Case for Comparative Political Theory
Political Action, Error and Failure
Beyond East and West
Political reconciliation in postcolonial settler societies
Disjunctured narratives
Fear, hope and disappointment
A broken promise? Evaluating South Africa’s reconciliation process twenty years on
Reconciliation, transformation, struggle
Introduction
Redefining ‘tradition’ in political thought
Parity of Esteem and the Politics of Recognition
Reconstituting Realism
New Pasts for New Futures
Conflict Theory, Temporality, and Transformative Temporariness
The Scope of Comparative Political Theory
Sorry, and not sorry, in Australia
South Africa Pushed to the Limit
Realism in Normative Political Theory
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |