The American Science of Politics: Its Origins and Conditions

by Prof. Bernard Crick, Bernard Crick

Overview

Originally published between 1943 and 1969, the volumes in the International Library of Sociology Political Sociology set were written against a backdrop of rapid and radical political change. Covering topics as wide-ranging as European federalism, democracy and dictatorship and voting, these titles are as relevant today as when they were first published.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138873797
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/02/2014
Series:	International Library of Sociology
Pages:	268
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Crick, Bernard

Table of Contents

Introduction, PART ONE: ORIGINS, I. The Science of Politics in the Early Republic, II. Citizenship and National Expansion, III. American Liberalism Refurbished by Progress: Spencer and Darwin, IV. Ambition and Ambiguity in the Founding of Social Science: Sumner and Ward, PART TWO: CONDITIONS, V. The Cult of Realism in the Progressive Era, VI. The Growth of Political Science, VII. The Science of the Group Process of Politics: A. F. Bentley, PART THREE: CONSEQUENCES, VIII. Charles Merriam and the New Aspects of Politics, IX. The Democratic Gospel of Research, X. The Conceptual Behaviour of Harold Lasswell, PART FOUR: INCONCLUSIONS, XI. Science and Politics, XII. American Political Science and American Political, Index