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100			_aHeckscher, Gunnar
245		0	_aStudy of comparative government and politics
260			_aLondon
260			_bGeorge Allen
260			_c1957
300			_a172p.
520			_aTHE work by Professor Gunnar Heckscher which is now published for the first time is the report of a round table con- ference on teaching and research in comparative government held by the International Poftreal Science Association in Florence from April 5-10, 1954. Aldiough Professor Heckscher has drawn freely and fully on the papers contributed to the round table, and on the discussioris which took place there, his essay is far more than a 'report in the ordinary sense of the word. It is, I believe, the first monograph to explore at length the methodological problems involved in the study of comparative government and politics. The subject was admirably suited to an international meeting of political scientists. For it bears on the question how far conclusions drawn from the experience of one country can be validly applied to the political systems of other countries; and the conditions which must be taken into account in attempting to answer that question. Can the data of government and politics be regarded as strictly comparable in any sense, or is it unique to the particular countries from which it is drawn? What are the merits and demerits of the different methods of approaching the subject? How far must the political scientist rely on the findings of neighbouring disciplines, such as history or economics or sociology, in studying a foreign country? What do we mean by area studies? These are a few of the significant points on which those who organised the meet- ing hoped an international discussion would throw some light.
650			_aPolitical Science
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