Working with Concepts

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Foundational Essays by David Collier, with Research Notes on Innovation in the Field

By David Collier

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Working with Concepts

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This book is for anyone who has grappled with developing and systematizing vocabulary in a particular field of study. The applications are to concepts in political science, but the methods and strategies transcend the field and will be useful to those in most areas of study. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Offers a lively introduction to new ideas about concepts and concept analysis in political science and international studies.

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David Collier is among the most influential thinkers on conceptualization, foundational to social science inquiry. An eminent political scientist, he specializes in mixed methods and comparative politics. Working with Concepts brings together David Collier's most influential research on concepts and measurement, refined and reframed, to offer a systematic approach to concept analysis. It serves as a reference book for both students and seasoned scholars grappling with concepts. Collier's essays are accompanied by commentaries by twelve scholars who connect his contributions to ongoing debates in the field. The commentaries open up new lines of research and provoke ongoing scholarly reaction and innovation. Tightly organized with the aim of moving the field forward, this collection of essays explores some of the contours of the field and its milestones to show how careful work with concepts is a foundation of good methodology. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781009551304

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 April 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Cambridge University Press

Illustration: Worked examples or Exercises

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Edited by Zachary Elkins

Audience: General / adult

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Weight: 848g

Pages: 528

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David Collier Education & Reference Non-Fiction Politics & Current Affairs Science & Nature

About the Author

Zachary Elkins is Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Texas. He publishes widely in the fields of comparative politics, methodology, and public law, with a focus on Latin America and the origins and consequences of constitutional design. He co-directs the Comparative Constitutions Project and has developed a set of tools to analyze constitutions and other canonical documents.