Politics as a Science A Prolegomenon

'Insight and parsimony permeate this analytic road map. Schmitter and Blecher provide readers with a bold and ambitious tour d'horizon showing essential linkages among dozens of concepts integral to comparative politics and international relations. Readers will return to it regularly for insights and examples.'

T.J. Pempel, Jack M. Forcey Professor, Political Science, University of California, Berkeley

'Schmitter and Blecher provide a great overview, bringing politics back into political science, with a high-level overview of the main building blocks for a science of politics that is sensitive to the uncertain and dynamic nature of the contemporary world while remaining attentive to the enduring features of what makes politics political.'

Todd Landman, Professor of Political Science, University of Nottingham

'This book offers a compelling reflection on the essence of the study of politics, or politology, and on its importance. It puts power and its exercise squarely in the center and, in jargon-free language, develops a comprehensive view of their foundations and consequences.'

Evelyne Huber, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University North Carolina