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Some thirty years ago, Alfred Cobban irreverently defined political science as "a device, invented by university teachers, for avoiding that dangerous subject politics without achieving science." Irrespective of philosophical predispositions, few students of politics can easily remain aloof from the long standing debate between the so-called traditional and behavioral schools in political, science. Even the most cynical observer would be forced to admit that this academic exchange occasionally has raised some enduring—if not fruitful— questions with respect to the essence and study of political reality.One of these enduring issues revolves around the separation of political facts from political values, a distinction which is often as nebulous as it is convenient. The development of the behavioral movement over the last four decades has brought with it a heated debate over the ability of scholars to achieve an objective understanding of political reality.

In reflecting on the relationship between political science & political practice, three examples are delineated to demonstrate a means by which to span the gap between the academy & politics. It is argued that noncalculating motivation as a component of political action is not scrutinized in the usual study of politics; implications of this claim are laid out, & a call is made for scholars to do more to accurately probe the motivations & practices of the political world. Some areas of study that might directly benefit political practitioners are noted (eg, how legislators' overseas travel impacts foreign policy), & specific ways that scholars can produce understandings that will satisfy truth in both theory & practice are delineated, eg, greater emphasis on comparative practice. 15 References. J. Zendejas

The internet has had a vast and pervasive effect on many industries. It has resulted in the creation of new industries and has overhauled the dynamics that governed existing industries. One of the most traditional industries that is now struggling to cope with the changes brought on by the internet is the industry of higher education. Students can now access resources that they previously had no access to, and can enroll in courses that were previously out of reach to them. To cope with these changes, universities are more and more incorporating the use of learning management systems (LMS) in traditional face-to-face courses. So far, these systems have been primarily used as communication tools, that is, posting announcements for students, sharing slides and articles, and sending group emails. This case illustrates how student login data collected by these systems can be used by instructors to predict student performance, thus enabling instructors to identify low-performing students before the end of the semester when it is too late. Since the variable of interest is how much time passes between two consecutive logins for each student, I use a statistical technique called event-history analysis or survival analysis. Event history analysis is used to analyze the time to the occurrence of an event. It involves calculating the probability that an individual will log into the system at a certain time, in addition to finding the factors that might either increase or decrease this probability. The case study will explain the basic premise of this technique, and when it can be used.

This article discusses one of the latest accounts of recent German Vergangenheitsbewältigung, the controversy over Theodor Eschenburg. The controversy started in the spring of 2011 within the German Political Science Association (DVPW). The debate produced numerous articles in German newspapers and more than two dozen contributions in political science journals between 2011 and 2016. It was the most heated historico-political dispute among German political scientists after 1945. The article discusses the pros and cons in this controversy and explains why the debate became so heated. In addition, it discusses the factors that influenced political scientists to take sides in the controversy. The author, a former president of DVPW, was actively involved in this debate which brought the association to the brink of division at its climax in 2013.

Ever since the inquisitive age in which Voltaire wrote his Philosophic Dictionary, reflection upon the course of human events has caused scholars to persist in the search for a rational interpretation of history. They have not been discouraged by the skepticism of historians who, like Froude, have argued that the address of history must be less to the understanding than to the higher emotions. "A science of history," according to this historian, "implies that the relation between cause and effect holds in human things as completely as in all others; that the origin of human actions is not to be looked for in mysterious properties of the mind, but in influences which are palpable and ponderable." Froude believed that "natural causes are liable to be set aside and neutralized by what is called volition," and that in consequence "the word Science is out of place" in connection with the study of history. If, as Froude intimated, the origin of human actions can be found only in mysterious properties of the mind, the outlook for a rational interpretation of history may well be poor.

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In my course, I have students read the Federalist
and some of the antifederalist writings. And I require them to read
as much of Tocqueville's Democracy in America as
possible. But I begin with Shakespeare's
Coriolanus. This choice of text is peculiar, and I
here address myself to that peculiarity. My aim is to show that
Coriolanus fits with these other works and to
show, given the depth and breadth of its themes, that it might also
profitably be read and studied in other political science courses.
To put it in the briefest compass: the more prominent themes of
Coriolanus—the nature of ancient politics,
political expertise, regimes, and the interplay of honor and
ambition—make it well suited to the exploration of politics in
general.