Books by Ana Tanasoca
“Empirically informed political theory is a new-ish genre, and there’s a growing body of work of this sort that I think is worth watching…The normative starting point for Tanasoca’s book is the discourse ethics of Jürgen Habermas…Her crucial insight is built on network theory. It’s all about friends of friends – I know one person, that person knows another person, that person knows another person. Assuming the information flows back and forth across that network in both directions, without too much loss, then in a sense the first person is in conversation with the last person, indirectly. They get information about what he knows, but also about what his concerns and interests and sensitivities are – not in detail, but in a general way. This happens naturally all the time, without any interference.” Read more...
The Best Political Science Books
Robert E. Goodin, Political Scientist
Interviews where books by Ana Tanasoca were recommended
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The American Voter
by Angus Campbell et al. -
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The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups
by Mancur Olson -
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Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis
by Graham Allison & Philip Zelikow -
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Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
by James C Scott -
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Deliberation Naturalized: Improving Real Existing Deliberative Democracy
by Ana Tanasoca
The Best Political Science Books, recommended by Robert E. Goodin
The Best Political Science Books, recommended by Robert E. Goodin
Emerging in the middle of the last century, political science combines data and theory to help us understand the political world. Professor Robert E. Goodin, editor of The Oxford Handbook of Political Science and co-editor of The British Journal of Political Science, introduces five seminal works from major sub-disciplines. His choices are accessible starting points that open up new ways of thinking: from big data to deep case studies, these are five books that will help you to make sense of the world – and to change it.
