Making Political Science Matter

"Devotees of the perestroika movement will find many of the chapters reinforce their views of the field. . . . Recommended." ~Choice

"A bold call to rethink political science. The authors imagine a discipline that challenges power, challenges society, and challenges the ways we think. Making Political Science Matter is a wise, erudite, broad-ranging, sometimes witty gauntlet tossed before contemporary scholarship. It is more than a book, it is a movement." ~James A. Morone,author of Hellfire Nation: The Politics of Sin in American History

"A significant and thoughtful discussion of key issues in the philosophy of social science, one designed to encourage a richer variety of methodological work in political science." ~Kristen Renwick Monroe,editor of Perestroika! The Raucous Rebellion in Political Science

"This edited collection offers and up-to-date and very readable discussion of knowledge, research, and method in the political sciences and social studies more generally, suitable for academics and doctoral students alike." ~Thomas Ahrens,University of Warwick

"This well-written and accessible collection will be an invaluable resource for students and academics in social sciences in general." ~Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography

"Articulates and debates the idea that academic work should be primarily concerned with addressing the largest and most immediate challenges faced by societies." ~Urban Studies