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AbstractA common complaint from political scientists involved in the study of religion is that religious issues have been largely overlooked by political science. Through a content analysis of leading political science and sociology journals from 2000 to 2010, this article considers the extent of this claim. The results show that political science publications involving religious topics have been significantly fewer than those engaging with subjects typically regarded as being more central to the discipline, and markedly less numerous than religious articles in leading sociology publications. Where political science publications have engaged with religious issues, these articles have also focused on a limited number of subject areas and been concentrated in specific disciplinary subfields. The proportion of articles covering religion has shown no real increase since the turn of the century. These findings underpin calls for political scientists to take religious issues more seriously.

AbstractThe article discusses the term "recursive," which has multiple uses in the political science literature. The two principle uses are reviewed, with attention to precedent and technical meanings, and examples are provided of mathematical concepts and their application to political science literature. The problem of divergent meaning is addressed through a survey of potential for reconciliation or possible substitute terminology.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POLITICAL STUDIES AND POLITICAL SCIENCE IS ONE OF VOCABULARY. THE POLITICAL SCIENTIST, UNLIKE THE HISTORIAN OR THE AREA SPECIALIST, MUST COMPARE. THIS ENTAILS THE MODIFICATION OF HIS VOCABULARY. THREE TRENDS CONTRIBUTE TO THE EXPANSION OF THE VOCABULARY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, A SHIFT IN OUR CONCEPT OF POLITICS THE GREAT NUMBER OF STATES AND DIACHRONIC ANALYSIS.