Political Science in History Research Programs and Political Traditions [Paperback]

In this volume, scholars take up the challenge of disciplinary history by exploring the themes and movements that have shaped political science today.This collection of essays explores a range of themes and movements that have shaped contemporary academic political science. They reflect the growing movement to use disciplinary history as a means of accounting for the present status and possible futures of various modes of social and political inquiry.This collection of essays explores a range of themes and movements that have shaped contemporary academic political science. They reflect the growing movement to use disciplinary history as a means of accounting for the present status and possible futures of various modes of social and political inquiry.In the social disciplines there is a growing movement to use disciplinary history as a means of accounting for the present status and possible futures of various modes of social and political inquiry. In this collection of essays, a number of political scientists take up the challenge of disciplinary history by exploring a range of themes and movements that have shaped academic political science today. These essays should be of interest to any student of the social disciplines who is interested in understanding both the development of modern political science and its current concerns.Editor's introduction; 1. The declination of the state and the origins of American pluralism John G. Gunnell; 2. An ambivalent alliance: political science and American democracy Terence Ball; 3. The pedagogical purposes of a political science Stephen T. Leonard; 4. Public opinion in modern political science J. A. W. Gunn; 5. Disciplining Darwin: biology in the history of political science John S. Dryzek and David Schlosberg; 6. Race and political science: the dual traditions of race relations politics and African-American politics Hanes Walton, Jr., Cheryl M. Miller, and Joseph P. McCormick, II; 7. Realism in international relations Jack Dl£+