[IMCnetwork] New podcast episode: Kevin Funk on Rooted Globalism

[Interpretive Political Science]

Hi Nick!


I would like to send you a copy of my new book, *Normative Political
Science: An Exciting New Way to do Poli Sci Research.*



The book synthesizes David Easton's theory of the political system with the
“value science” of Robert S. Hartman. Easton provides an interpretive
framework which enables political scientists to understand and explain
political behavior as part of a political system. Hartman’s theory of value
science makes a surprising addition to the capabilities of political
science. It shows that Easton’s conception of the political system can also
be used as a *standard* for evaluating how well a political system is
working.



Easton’s well known Political System Flow Chart is not only descriptive of
the pattern, but a symbol for a defined technical expectation as to how a
properly operating system ought to work.



Now political scientists can assess the operational, rather than the moral,
goodness of a system. In the process they can pinpoint dysfunctions, if
any. Based on the results of their analysis, the political scientist can
then suggest remedial policies to bring a system's operation up to par.



As an element of political reality, public opinion about how well the
system is performing can be surveyed, by quantitative or qualitative
methods (or both). The results of such research can be used to compare and
contrast with the assessment of a system’s performance. Then an overall
rating can be made. This estimate can stand alone, or be compared and
contrasted with other political systems around the world.



The book uses the empirical examples of China and Peru to illustrate the
principle that a system which works well will probably generate positive
public opinion, while to the extent that a system is dysfunctional, that
too will be reflected in public opinion.



I hope you will allow me to send you a copy of this book, and tell me where
to send it.



Your Colleague,



William J. Kelleher, PhD

UCSB Political Science 1984



On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 10:34 PM Nick Cheesman via IMCnetwork <
imcnetwork at anu.edu.au> wrote:

> Dear IMCers
>
> Letting you know that the latest New Books in Interpretive Political and
> Social Science episode is out now: *Kevin Funk talking about his Rooted
> Globalism: Arab–Latin American Business Elites and the Politics of Global
> Imaginaries. *Kevin did elite relational interviewing, which we discuss
> in the episode — so if you are interested either in data generation with
> elite actors, or interpretivist  / relational interviewing (Fujii’s usage),
> or both, this will be a good one for you:
> https://newbooksnetwork.com/rooted-globalism
>
> Also don’t forget that we’ve two more great IMC seminars before the year
> is out, one in October and the other in November:
> https://politicsir.cass.anu.edu.au/events/series/imc-seminar-series
>
> Hope you’ll put those in your diaries and we’ll see you at them
>
> Nick
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