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A review devoted to the historical statistical and comparative study of politics, economics and public law. ; A review devoted to the historical statistical and comparative study of politics, economics and public law. ; Vols. 4-38, 40-41 include Record of political events, Oct. 1, 1888-Dec. 31, 1925 (issued as a separately paged supplement to no. 3 of v. 31-38 and to no. 1 of v. 40). ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Electronic mode of access: World Wide Web. ; Microfilm copy: Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich., University Microfilms. reels. 35 mm. ; Issued in print, microform, and online. ; Edited by the Faculty of Political Science of Columbia University (1909- for the Academy of Political Science).

Real Social Science: Applied Phronesis, edited by Bent Flyvbjerg, Todd Landman, and Sanford Schram, is an interesting read in the context of the current assault on both the scientific status and the practical utility of social science in general and political science specifically. In it, the editors collect examples of social scientific work that embrace what Flyvbjerg and others have described as phronetic social science. This approach makes creative use of the Aristotelian intellectual virtue of phronesis, or practical wisdom, which the editors identify with the knowledge of how to address and act on social problems in a particular context. Rather than emphasizing the universal truth (episteme) that has traditionally been the summum bonum of social scientific inquiry, or fixating on the know-how (techne) that is characteristic of methodologically driven approaches, Flyvbjerg, Landman, and Schram present examples of social scientific research where contextual knowledge, deep understanding of embedded power dynamics, and immediate relevance to political reality take center stage. In so doing they give the lie to those who would deny the practical relevance of social research. At the same time, however, the editors develop an understanding of phronesis that marginalizes valuable elements of Aristotle's understanding of the intellectual virtue, most notably its basis in self-examination, while simultaneously bringing phronesis much closer to techne by seeking to develop their phronetic social science along methodological lines.

Description based on: Vol. 1, no. 2 (Oct. 1890); title from cover. ; Publisher varies. ; Numerous supplements. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Vols. 1 (1890)-63 (Jan. 1916) issued as suppl. to Mar. 1916. 1 v. (with v. 63-64); v. 64 (Mar. 1916)-96 (July 1921). 1 v. (with v. 97-98); v. 97 (Sept. 1921)-126 (July 1926). 1 v.; v. 127 (Sept. 1926)-152 (Nov. 1930) issued as v. 159, pt. 2; v. 153 (1931)-182 (1935). 1 v.; v. 183 (1936)-212 (1940). 1 v.; v. 213 (1941)-242 (1945). 1 v.; v. 243 (1946)-272 (1950). 1 v.; v. 303 (1956)-332 (1960). 1 v.; v. 333 (1961)-362 (1965). 1 v.; v. 363 (1966)-392 (1970). 1 v.

Social science is a social activity as well as a method of discovery. The researchers' values and politics colour their work and so do their choices of scientific method. This book is about both - the technical effects of values and the political effects of technique. The author reports what social scientists and historians actually do. He sorts out the scientific from the political content in a wide range of old and new work in history, sociology, political science and economics. The overall work is a detailed political and technical criticism of the 'scientistic' programme which would hav.

International audience ; S'efforçant de clarifier les rapports entre science politique et science juridique, l'étude montre : d'une part, que leurs objets sont indissociables, la science juridique étant tenue de prendre en compte la dimension politique des phénomènes juridiques, tandis que la science politique est tenue de prendre en compte la dimension juridique des phénomènes politiques ; d'autre part que les points de vue respectifs qu'elles adoptent sont complémentaires, ce qui conduit à plaider pour une authentique interdisciplinarité.