TY - BOOK AU - STOKER,Gerry AU - Peters,B.Guy AU - Pierre,Jon TI - The relevance of political science / T2 - Political analysis SN - 9781137609441 U1 - 320 PY - 2015/// CY - Basingstoke ; New York : PB - Palgrave, KW - Political science KW - Philosophy N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-261) and index; Introduction -- Challenging Three Blockages to Relevance and Political Science: the Obvious, the Avoidable and the Thorny / Gerry Stoker -- The Relevance of Relevance / John Gerring -- 3. Relevant to whom? Relevant for what? The Role and Public Responsibility of the Political Analyst / Colin Hay -- The Rediscovery of the Political Imagination / Matthew Flinders -- Guilty as Charged? Human Well-Being and the Unsung Relevance of Political Science / Bo Rothstein -- Why Did Nobody Warn Us? Political Science and the Crisis / Graham Wilson -- The Relevance of the Academic Study of Public Policy / Sarah Giest, Michael Howlett and Ishani Mukherjee -- Why Political Theory Matters / Thom Brooks -- Constructivism and Interpretive Approaches : Especially Relevant or Especially Not? / Craig Parsons -- Is Comparative Politics Useful? If so, for What? / B. Guy Peters -- Can Political Science Solve the Puzzles of Global Governance? / Jon Pierre -- Maximising the Relevance of Political Science for Public Policy in the Era of Big Data / Helen Margetts -- Conclusion ER -