Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [346]-359) e índice. CONTENIDO: Introduction, David Collier and John Gerring -- Sartori on Concepts and Methods. Concept Misformation in Comparative Politics -- What is Politics? -- The Tower of Babel -- Guidelines for Concept Analysis -- Comparing and Miscomparing -- Further Observations on Concept Formation, Definitions, and Models -- Extending the Sartori Tradition. Point of Departure: Intension and Extension, Gary Goertz -- Revolution: Untangling Alternative Meanings, Christoph Kotowski -- Culture: Joining Minimal Definitions and Ideal Types, John Gerring and Paul Barresi -- Democracy: Conceptual Hierarchies in Comparative Research / David Collier and Steven Levitsky -- Peasant: Clarifying Meaning and Refining Explanation, Marcus Kurtz -- Institutionalization: Unpacking the Concept and Explaining Party Change, Steven Levitsky -- In the Academy and Beyond.
Chance, Luck and Stubbornness: An Autobiographical Essay, Giovanni Sartori -- Teacher and Mentor, Cindy Skach, Edward Walker, Hector E. Schamis, Edward L. Gibson, and Christoph Kotowski -- Giovanni Sartori: Biography and Bibliography, Oreste Massari.
