Here’s a sharp contrast between two alternative methods for political science. Both reject the positivist/behavioral paradigm.
Formal Axiology and the Pragmatic Turn in Political Science:
A Look at Professor John Gerring’s Call for More “Relevance” in Political Science
https://independent.academia.edu/WilliamJKelleherPhD
John Gerring is planning on having a chapter in a book edited by B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre, and Gerry Stoker, called The Relevance of Political Science. He offers his “pragmatic” method for political science. I compare that to Formal Axiology’s approach to defining the scope and methods of political science. Check it out, and let’s have a discussion!