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This essay explores how three components of the new political history—research on the motivations behind the rise of conservatism, the discovery of the nineteenth-century state, and arguments about the particularities of public policy—can offer useful analytical tools for political scientists.

Observations by a journalist about differences between political scientists and journalists who cover government and politics; US.

An analysis of the development of political science in GB, with particular focus on post-WWII US influences. The formation of the Political Studies Assoc in 1950 occurred late with respect to other academic organizations, & its timing was not propitious due to increased governmental attention to other social sciences & a new technocratic outlook that excluded political scientists. The strong influences of logical positivism, linguistic analysis, & the philosophies of Karl Popper on political science methodology & philosophy are chronicled. It is argued that British skepticism toward the concurrent work of US colleagues had the effect of damaging the international standing of political science as an academic discipline & profession. Even the expansion of the field that followed the Robbins Report & the creation of polytechnics could not completely overcome the low level of professional esteem that continues to plague the field. Its current interactions with the media, public services, & political activity remain flawed by this sense of inferiority within the discipline, heightened by academic demoralization in the face of educational cutbacks. Hope for the future is seen though, particularly with the reemergence of political theorizing & political scientists' willingness to address the general public on contemporary issues. K. Hyatt

This book offers a truly interdisciplinary exploration of our patterns of engagement with politics, news, and information in current high-choice information environments. Putting forth the notion that high-choice information environments may contribute to increasing misperceptions and knowledge resistance rather than greater public knowledge, the book offers insights into the processes that influence the supply of misinformation and factors influencing how and why people expose themselves to and process information that may support or contradict their beliefs and attitudes. A team of authors from across a range of disciplines address the phenomena of knowledge resistance and its causes and consequences at the macro- as well as the micro-level. The chapters take a philosophical look at the notion of knowledge resistance, before moving on to discuss issues such as misinformation and fake news, psychological mechanisms such as motivated reasoning in processes of selective exposure and attention, how people respond to evidence and fact-checking, the role of political partisanship, political polarization over factual beliefs, and how knowledge resistance might be counteracted. This book will have a broad appeal to scholars and students interested in knowledge resistance, primarily within philosophy, psychology, media and communication, and political science, as well as journalists and policymakers.

The relevance of political science to public policy toward the elderly is demonstrated in a discussion of: (1) governmental institutions, eg, courts, executive agencies, legislatures, & electoral dynamics; (2) levels of government, eg, local, state, national, cross-national, & international; & (3) political theory & political science methodology. A political science orientation can be distinguished from those of the other social sciences by its emphasis on: (A) political feasibility, which involves making policy recommendations that are likely to be adopted or at least evaluating what the adoption likelihood is; (B) administrative feasibility, ie, whether policies can be administered without scandal or chaos; (C) goal values, eg, public participation, predictability, & procedural due process, which economists & other policy analysts sometimes slight; & (D) a concern for the relevance to policy problems of international relations, civil liberties, & reform of governmental institutions. AA.

"March, 1916"--Cover ; Index covers July 1890-Jan. 1916 ; "Supplement to The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science"--Cover ; Mode of access: Internet.