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‘What’s the Problem?’: Political Theory, Rhetoric and Problem‐Setting

Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 2006
Abstract This essay argues that political theorists interested in analysing, understanding or evaluating political problems in the ‘real world’ should consider the ways in which such problems are specified through a rhetorical process of definition. It discusses, in general terms, the relationship of rhetoric to political theory and examines in some ...
Alan Finlayson
exaly   +4 more sources

The problem of interests in contemporary liberal political theory

Politics (Kensington, N S W ), 1989
Abstract ‘Interest’ is a central concept in contemporary liberal political theory. Much of this discussion is marked by related confusions between ‘interest’ and ‘actions‐in‐interests’ and between ‘subjective’ and ‘objective’ interests. These confusions are damaging, since liberal theorists are ostensibly firmly opposed to treating objective interests ...
Rodney Smith
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Hume and the Problem of Theory and Practice in Philosophy and Political Theory

2012
What can theory do and what can it not do? What is, and what should be, the relationship between theory and practice? This book examines the relationship between theory and practice in the philosophy and political theory of the Scottish philosopher David Hume (1711-1776).
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PROBLEMS OF THEORY BUILDING AND THEORY CONFIRMATION IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

World Politics, 1961
There is a great demand for theories in international relations. The term “theory” has become so honorific that hypotheses, statements of fact, and intuitive guesses are often dressed up as theories. In part this longing for theory can be ascribed to a desire for the status of a “hard science” like physics, since the “hard sciences” are often viewed by
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Political Theory and the Problem of Ideology

The Journal of Politics, 1980
F OR ALMOST A CENTURY, the assumptions, methods, and arguments of philosophy have dominated the Anglo-American conception of political theory. In this essay, I want to draw attention to some of the practical consequences of viewing political theory in this manner, and to suggest an alternative perspective for the formulation and interpretation of ...
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The problem of the historical path of Russia in theory and politics

Sociopolitical Sciences, 2021
Objective. The main goal of this work is to analyze the main conceptual approaches to the problem of the historical path of Russia both in the field of theory and in official politics. This problem has been central in the domestic political and socio-philosophical discourse for many centuries.
Dmitry V. Dolenko   +2 more
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