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By
Famous S. Eseduwo, PhD
Political Science Department
Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State – Nigeria
Methodological arguments have taken the centre stage in local and international conferences as well as on the pages of peer-review journals. Two significant trends appear more discernible in such methodological contentions in political science and most social sciences. One is Behaviouralism which emphasizes on the use of scientific methods in the study of society focusing on the individual’s political behaviour i.e. fact-based and value-free (empiricism), as a departure from the value-laden, normative and idealistic traditional approaches that were in vogue before the end the Second World War (1945). Two is Neo-Behaviouralism which deemphasizes too much reliance on methodological technicalities in…
By
Famous S. Eseduwo, PhD
Political Science Department
Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State – Nigeria
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