Grand_Theories_Of_Comparative_Politics_Versus_The_Frameworks

Grand Theories Of Comparative Politics Versus The Frameworks Of Analysis Comparative political scientists have always worked to develop methods to examine why countries develop and act in the way they do. These methods often times are similar to previous methods, but often times are different in their approach and reasoning. The trick is to develop a new and different approach to study. The grand theories of comparative politics are structural functionalism, modernization, dependency, and the NIC theory. These grand theories are causal arguments – they make specific arguments about what exactly is needed in order for a country to develop and progress. However, in recent years, there has been a movement toward the modern frameworks of analysis: cultural approaches, rational choice theory, ideological rationality, and the theory of perspective. These frameworks of analysis offer ways of examining countries and each theory offers elements, or factors, which are important to look at when studying countries. But do these new frameworks of analysis represent new ways of explaining a country’s development and progression through a distinct break from past theories, or are these new frameworks of analysis just new ways of replicating the earlier grand theories and approaches' While the grand theories and frameworks theory, analysis, frameworks, theories, grand, development, country, functions, structural, functionalism, because, people, rational, explain, countries, political, develop, choice, therefore, order, modernization, according, new, government, factors, way, perspective, one, issues, function, culture, cultural, ways