Radical Approaches to Political Science: Roads Less Traveled

This ground breaking volume offers a range of alternative approaches to political science, highlighting problems too rarely confronted by "mainstream" political scientists. Ranging from 'Gunfighter Sagas' to 'the changing faces of an imaginary Mars,' the innovative chapters introduce whole new ways of re-thinking politics, stirring up the all too conventional ways of the discipline. In this comprehensive work, Professor Rainer Eisfeld draws judicious lessons from his long-time involvement in international debates about what political science does - and what it should be able to achieve. Tying together and commenting on over a dozen unique and original contributions to current political science issues, Eisfeld shows how approaches highlighting the impact of participatory politics are forming a new strand of 'radical' political science.

“Klaus von Beyme, one of the most erudite members of our profession, in his introduction conclusively demonstrates the book’s crossdisciplinary merits. I believe this valuable work will be a powerful boost to an international, comparatively informed, pluralist political science.”
Theodore J. Lowi (Cornell University), former President, International Political Science Association

The author:
Prof. Dr. Rainer Eisfeld,
Professor emeritus of Political Science at Osnabrück University, Germany. He taught at UCLA as a Visiting Professor.