Preface: Paths to Transformational Politics Acknowledgments Introduction: What Is Transformational Politics? Christa Daryl Slaton, Stephen Woolpert, and Ed Schwerin Part I. The Theory of Transformational Politics 1. An Overview of the Emerging Political Paradigm: A Web of Transformational Theories Christa Daryl Slaton 2. A Theory for Transforming Political Science: The Truth Quest as a Paradigm for Politics Louis Herman 3. A Theory for Transforming the Self: Moving Beyond the Nation-State Manfred Halpern 4. A Theory for Transforming Political Community: Applying Chaos and Feminist Theory Barbara Knight 5. The Theory of a Transformational Political Movement: Green Political Theory Daniel Neal Graham Part II. The Study of Transformational Politics 6. Transformational Research and Teaching: An Overview Ed Schwerin 7. Transformational Research: A Groups Approach Marla Brettschneider 8. The Study of Transformational Politics: Participant Observation and Objectivity Betty Zisk 9. A Transformational Pedagogy: The Politics of Gender Gale Harrison 10. Transformational Teaching: As if Students and Faculty Really Mattered Jeff Fishel and Morley Segal Part III. The Practice of Transformational Politics 11. The Practice of Transformational Politics: An Overview Stephen Woolpert 12. Transforming Representative Democracy: Four Real-Life Experiments in Teledemocracy Ted Becker 13. Transformational Political Leadership: Insights from the Example of Vaclav Havel Robert J. Gilbert 14. Transforming Public Policy: Beyond Affirmative Action Michael S. Cummings 15. Transformational Political Groups: The Political Psychology of the Green Movement Stephen Woolpert Bibliography Contributors Index
Stephen Woolpert is Professor of Government at Saint Mary's College of California; Christa Daryl Slaton is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Master in Public Administration Program, Auburn University; and Edward W. Schwerin is Associate Professor and Director of Interdisciplinary Studies, Florida Atlantic University-Davie.
"Transformational Politics will primarily interest adherents of the transformational political paradigm, but it may find a large audience among those interested in the Green movement and alternative methods for teaching and research." - Southeastern Political Review "The information in this book is cutting edge scholarship. This is the first full-scale attempt to pull together the vision and perspectives of the Transformational Politics group into a coherent statement that can be shared among themselves and with other scholars. The book will be the reference document for this branch of study for some time." - Lester W. Milbrath, State University of New York at Buffalo, Emeritus "I am very enthusiastic about the work. As a teacher and a researcher, I found that the book provides rich teaching material and a wonderful synthesis of valuable resources." - Richard Couto, University of Richmond
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