上世纪80年代末以来,美国的比较政治学者们围绕本领域研究进程三个大的方面——研究的范围和目标、产生理论的方法以及经验分析的方法——就许多基本问题展开了讨论。在这些讨论中,传统研究实践以及其他可能的选择都受到了挑战。蒙克和斯奈德认为,在过去的15年中,关于比较政治学面临着什么性质的问题,以及必须做出怎样的努 Since the late 1980s, the American comparative political scholars have discussed many basic issues around three major aspects of the research process in this field - the scope and objectives of the research, the methods of producing the theory and the methods of experience analysis. In these discussions, traditional research practices and other possible options have been challenged. Munch and Snyder argue that in the past 15 years, the question of what the nature of comparative politics faces and how much must be done