Discipline and history : political science in the United States

History And Political Science, Necessary Studies In Free Countries / Francis Lieber -- The Study Of Administration / Woodrow Wilson -- The Idea And Forms Of The State / John W. Burgess -- The American Political Science Association / W.w. Willoughby -- Political Science And The State / James Farr -- The Development Of The Social Sciences / Dorothy Ross -- Politics / Charles A. Beard -- Recent Advances In Political Methods / Charles E. Merriam -- The Bias Of American Political Science / Benjamin E. Lippincott -- Specialists On Intelligence / Harold D. Lasswell -- Contradictions Of A Political Discipline / David M. Ricci -- American Political Science, Liberalism, And The Invention Of Political Theory / John G. Gunnell -- American Political Science In Its Postwar Political Context / Terence Ball. Political Science, Mid-century / Leonard D. White -- The Idea Of A Political System And The Orientation Of Political Research / David Easton -- The Behavioral Approach In Political Science : Epitaph For A Monument To A Successful Protest / Robert A. Dahl -- Political Science And Political Education / Norman Jacobson -- Political Science In The United States : Past And Present / David Easton -- Political Scientists, Disenchanted Realists, And Disappearing Democrats / Raymond Seidelman -- Another State Of Mind / Charles E. Lindblom -- The Two-party System And Duverger's Law : An Essay On The History Of Political Science / William H. Riker -- Gender Studies And Political Science : The History Of The Behavioralist Compromise / Helene Silverberg -- The State In Political Science : How We Become What We Study / Theodore J. Lowi. Edited By James Farr And Raymond Seidelman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 403-415) And Index. James Farr and Raymond Seidelman bring new historical reflection to the "state of the discipline" debate in political science. This anthology offers a panorama of views about the state of the discipline that have been sketched by leading political scientists and disciplinary historians from the late nineteenth century to the past. The essays in this volume explore four distinct periods in the development of the discipline, with special emphasis on the subfields of American politics and political theory, revealing that the identity of the discipline is constituted not so much by agreements over fundamental principles as by the history of debates about the meaning of politics, the methods of science, the theories of behavioralism and the state, and the responsibilities of public professionals and civic educators. Contributors are Terence Ball, Charles A. Beard, John W. Burgess, Robert A. Dahl, David Easton, John G. Gunnell, Norman Jacobson, Harold D. Lasswell, Francis Lieber, Charles E. Merriam, David M. Ricci, William H. Riker, Dorothy Ross, Helene Silverberg, Leonard D. White, Woodrow Wilson, and W.W. Willoughby. Its unprecedented treatment of the history of political science makes Discipline and History essential reading for political scientists and their students. Historians of the social sciences will also find much to consider. Brings new historical reflection to the 'state of the discipline' debate in political science. This anthology offers a panorama of views about the state of the discipline that have been sketched by leading political scientists and disciplinary historians from the late nineteenth century to the past.