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<p><p>in This Concise, Provocative, And Trenchant Book, Alexander J. Motyl Argues That Social Scientists Must Pay More Rigorous Attention To The Formulation Of Concepts, As They Provide The Basis For Clear Thinking, Good Research, And Intelligent Formulation Of Theories. Focusing His Conceptual Explorations On Three Phenomena &#151; Revolutions, Nations And Nationalism, And Empires &#151; Motyl Challenges The Sloppy Thinking That So Often Surrounds These Three Interrelated Concepts, And Moves Our Understanding Of Them Toward Greater Precision.</p> <h3>michael D. Kennedy</h3> <p>with This Volume, Alexander Motyl Demonstrates A Theoretical Agility Matched By Few Others In The Academic World And Also Shows The Power Of His Approach By Reconceiving Three Key Concepts Of Political Change In This Century. This Volume Should Contribute Significantly To Making Subsequent Research And Debates About Revolutions, Nations, And Empires More Conceptually Rigorous.</p>

Author

Alexander J. Motyl

Publisher

New York: Columbia University Press

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780231114301

Subjects

Sociology, History, Science