A "learning by doing" introduction to methods used in empirical social science.

The third edition of the textbook is aimed at upper-level undergraduates and graduate students in political science. It provides the basic tools necessary for students to understand and craft scientific research on politics. The new edition contains a new pedagogical feature, 'Your Turn' boxes, meant to engage students.

In this volume, the study of legislatures has traditionally been a central preoccupation of political scientists. Legislatures provide good laboratories for testing theories and methodologies of significance in the discipline and, more broadly, for contributing to an understanding of how representative government works.

Comprising three volumes of contributions from expert authors from around the world, The SAGE Handbook of Political Science aims to frame, assess and synthesize research in the field, helping to define and identify its current and future developments.

PART I : INDIAN CONSTITUTION AT WORK 1. CONSTITUTION : WHY & HOW ?, 2. RIGHTS IN THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION, 3. ELECTION AND REPRESENTATION, 4. EXECUTIVE, 5. LEGISLATURES, 6. JUDICIARY, 7. FEDERALISM, 8. LOCAL GOVERNMENT, 9. CONSTITUTION AS A LIVING DOCUMENT, 10. THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE CONSTITUTION, PART II : POLITICAL THEORY 1. POLITICAL THEORY : AN INTRODUCTION, 2. FREEDOM /LIBERTY, 3. EQUALITY, 4. SOCIAL JUSTICE, 5. RIGHTS, 6. CITIZENSHIP, 7. NATIONALISM, 8. SECULARISM, 9. PEACE, 10. DEVELOPMENT, l Latest Model Paper (With OMR Sheet), l Board Examination Paper (JAC).

The last half-century has been a defining period for the development of political science in Europe: disciplinary norms have become institutionalized in professional organizations, training units, and research centres; the scholarly community has dramatically grown in size across the continent; the analytical and methodological tools of the discipline are increasingly sophisticated; and the knowledge disseminated under the label "political science" is bigger than it has ever been. Political Science in Europe takes stock of these developments and reflects on the achievements of the discipline, and the challenges it faces. Is there a distinctive "European" blend of political science? Is the European political science community cohesive and inclusive? How does the discipline cope with the neoliberalisation of academia, and the diffusion of illiberal politics? Leading and up-and-coming political scientists answer these questions by discussing the discipline's key concepts and intellectual trends, its professional structures, and its relationship with its social, economic, and political environment.