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Needler, Martin Cyril was born on March 23, 1933 in Manchester, England. Came to the United States, 1948. Son of Thomas Anthony and Beatrice Rebecca (Rosenberg) Needler.
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This text contains an analysis of the key concepts, hypotheses, and models of comparative politics. The work of key theorists is examined. Concepts include revolution, dictatorship, political development, legitimacy, and others. The author formulates ways in which the key concept can be made clearer, the hypothesis can be modified to give it more explanatory power, or the model refined so that it approximates empirical reality more closely. Political ideology is presented as a particular descriptive understanding of the world, together with a prescription for desirable political outcomes. In politics the danger comes from too much ideological thinking, or from too little. The Concepts of Comparative Politics is analytical, yet also empirical. It focuses on the premise that one must have a unifying vision, an integrated view of the world, which otherwise becomes a chaos of unintelligible events. Yet possession of that world view should not be carried to the point of limiting one's ability to perceive factual situations correctly. This work is invaluable as a text for Introduction to Comparative Politics and as a supplement for any course in comparative politics.
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In politics, individual political behavior is often ascribed to class and ethnic identity. How does this happen? In this text, Needler shows how the individual constructs his or her political identity, and develops ideologies that guide their political behavior. Intended as an alternative to traditional introductory texts in politics and political science, this book is, at the same time, a survey and introduction to political theory, a survey and introduction to comparative and American politics, and a review of contemporary international relations. These topics are combined in a novel and creative way so as to provide a readable and informative text for undergraduate students or laypersons. The author's fresh approach will be welcomed by teachers in politics and political science.
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Needler, Martin Cyril was born on March 23, 1933 in Manchester, England. Came to the United States, 1948. Son of Thomas Anthony and Beatrice Rebecca (Rosenberg) Needler.
AB magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1960.
Instructor, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1959-1960;
instructor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1960-1963;
assistant professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1963-1965;
research associate, Harvard Center for International Affairs, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1965-1966;
with, U. New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1966-1990;
director division Inter-American affairs, U. New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1966-1980;
professor political science and sociology, U. New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1976-1990;
dean School International Studies, U. Pacific, Stockton, California, since 1990. Visiting senior research fellow U. Southampton, England, 1974. Visiting professor U. Pittsburgh, 1988.
Senior associate member St. Antony's College, Oxford, England, 1971. Postdoctoral fellow University of California at Los Angeles, 1962.
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Lecturer Foreign Service Institute, 1967, 80, 81. Trustee St. Antony's College, Oxford, since 1996. With United States Army, 1954-1956.
Member Latin-American Studies Association (chairman program committee 1972-1973, executive council 1973-1975), Consortium Latin-American Studies Program (chairman steering committee 1970), American Political Science Association (comparative politics award committee 1977), Western Political Science Association (executive council 1981-1984), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Eva Lore Heyman, March 16, 1955 (divorced March 1976). Children: Stephen, Daniel. Married Jan Knippers Black, July 23, 1976.