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A Cultural Theory of Politics

Editor's Introduction: Cultural Theory's Contributions to Political Science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2011

Brendon Swedlow
Brendon Swedlow
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Many political scientists first learned of anthropologist Mary Douglas's cultural theory (CT) through Aaron Wildavsky's APSA presidential address (Wildavsky 1987), in which he sought to explain the value of this theoretical approach for political science. Since then, much additional work has been done to develop CT as an ambitious general theory of politics.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 44 , Issue 4 , October 2011 , pp. 703 - 710
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2011

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