Approaches to the Study of Politics

action actors aggregation analysis approach authoritarian autonomous basic behavioralists capitalist choice claims communication comparative concept conflict corporatism corporatist critical culture decisions demands democracy democratic economic elites empirical empiricism example fact formal function game theory goals governmental human ical ideology important individual induction inputs institutions intellectual interest articulation interest groups kind knowledge Leo Strauss liberal democracy litical logical Marx Marxists means ment method modern nature normative observation organizations outcome outputs paradigm parties pattern performance personality philosophical pluralist political behavior political philosophy political psychology political science political scientists political socialization political system positivism possible problem problem of demarcation problem of induction psychological question rational reality reference refutation relations role rule ruling-class scientific sense social sciences society specific strategies Strauss structures study of politics superstructure tion traditional understanding University Press V. O. Key values vote York