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Мозаика страноведческих исследований: казусно-ориентированный подход
The article is devoted to clarifying the heuristic possibilities of the case-based approach (case study) in comparative political science. This approach correlates with ideographic knowledge within the framework of the division of epistemology into nomothetic (comprehension of patterns) and ideographic (descriptive) sciences (W. Windelband); with understanding knowledge within the framework of the distinction between explanatory and understanding sciences (V. Dilthey) and a rich (thick) description in contrast to the "unsaturated" (thin) (K. Geertz). By identifying different types of knowledge, the case-oriented approach acquires a threedimensional sound, meaning and content, opens up opportunities for in-depth development of political and theoretical concepts based on the reference material for the topic and allows you to obtain a rich texture in details and specifics. The relevance of the casual approach is largely determined by the limited resources needed to explore a significant number of countries, sometimes due to linguistic or geographical restrictions. The specifics of the case study determine such an important requirement for the choice of a case as an informed choice of study objects. Since political institutions and processes are the central object of political science, and given the central role of the state as a key institution of political architecture, the configuration of the state and the policies it produces are the core of regional studies. Due to the fact that the concept of the state is an umbrella term and is characterized by conceptual tensions, it can potentially be applicable to polities of different times, which forms a request for clarification of the conceptual framework for considering the state as a category of political science. Since States as independent actors determine the "rules of the game" in the context of international anarchy, it is the level of states as units of analysis that underlies structural and systemic studies of international relations and world politics: sovereign states act as the basic "cells" of the modern world order, despite the increasing importance of non-state actors. The position of a State in a hierarchical international system is derived from its national power, which, according to classical approaches, is interpreted as a derivative of parameters such as territory, population, economy, and military potential, including its nuclear component.