Politics and Progress

The Emergence of American Political Science

Dennis J. Mahoney (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

180 Seiten

2004
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-0656-3 (ISBN)

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In Politics and Progress, author Dennis J. Mahoney describes the emergence of American political science as a separate academic discipline in the era between the Civil War and the First World War, with the pivotal event of the founding of the American Political Science Association in 1903. His book, a testament to the integrity of American political science, chronicles its intellectual and cultural development. According to Mahoney, American political science borrowed its ideas from European, especially German, political science. Subsequently, it was influenced by the notion of scientific progress as exemplified in the writings of American pragmatists and progressivist politics. Mahoney notes that institutionalization in the American academy necessarily required the displacement of earlier approaches to politics, including the tradition of political philosophy and the political science of the American founding. As the discipline grew, it was characterized by its drive toward organization and professionalism, the study of administration (as contrasted with policymaking) and a seemingly ceaseless quest for a distinctive scientifically oriented methodology. These characteristics are maintained in contemporary mainstream political science. Politics and Progress marks an important chapter in American intellectual history and is a vital resource for political scientists researching their roots.

Dennis J. Mahoney is a practicing attorney in California and Adjunct Professor, University of California - Riverside and California State University, San Bernardino.

Chapter 1 Introduction
Part 2 Origins and Influences
Chapter 3 German Political Science
Chapter 4 Pragmatism
Chapter 5 Progressivism
Part 6 The Old Political Science
Chapter 7 Political Philosophy
Chapter 8 Declaration of Independence
Chapter 9 The Constitution
Part 10 The New Political Science
Chapter 11 Professional Organization
Chapter 12 Administration
Chapter 13 Methodology
Chapter 14 Conclusion

Vorwort	Harry V. Jaffa
Sprache	englisch
Maße	162 x 228 mm
Gewicht	272 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-7391-0656-2 / 0739106562
ISBN-13	978-0-7391-0656-3 / 9780739106563
Zustand	Neuware