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The following compilation consists of doctoral dissertations
completed in political science during 2006 and 2007 in the United
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Political science has been a central part of my life for over half a century. This essay records thoughts about the discipline, what it has given me, and what I hope I have given it. It records my entrance into the field and the direction of my work, and offers a personal review of the nature of political science. Using my own work as the examples, it traces the evolution of comparative survey research as a method. And it outlines a list of works on citizen voice and political equality. It focuses as well on the openness and breadth of the discipline, two of its finest virtues. Adapted from the source document.

The aim of James W. Ceaser's book, Reconstructing America (1997), is to save the US from the deconstructionist European thinking that has, since the eighteenth century, portrayed Americans as "inferior & degenerate." In the book, Ceaser attempts to reconstruct the US statesman. In doing so, he responds to the theories of Leo Strauss, Martin Heidegger, Alexis de Tocqueville, Richard Rorty, Mansfield, & Aristotle. Ceaser's thinking on the subject of US reconstruction reveals his belief that in post-Cold War America, the "real war for the soul of humanity has just begun." As he moves from a critique of US political life to a critique of US culture; however, it is no longer possible to blame US shortcomings on European thought. K. A. Larsen

ARGUING THAT POLITICAL BEHAVIOR RESEARCH REMAINS "PRE-BEHAVIORAL", THE AUTHOR REASONS THAT POLITICAL SCIENTISTS MUST APPLY THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HUMAN BEHAVIOR PROVIDED BY THE BIOBEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. TWO EXAMPLES OF SUCH APPLICATION ARE GIVEN: THE THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE OF ETHOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND THE VALUE OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE.

The following essays are based on presentations given by the authors during a short course on elite interviewing, held at the 2001 APSA meeting in San Francisco. The short course, sponsored by the Political Organizations & Parties organized section of the APSA, drew nearly 100 participants. Adapted from the source document.

Description based on: Vol. 2 (1896); title from vol. t.p. ; Some issues have distinctive titles. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Vol. 1, nos., May 1893-Dec. 1895; v. 2, 9 nos., Mar. 1896-Dec. 1897; v. 3, 8 nos., Mar. 1898-1900; v. 4, 6 nos., July 1900-July 1902; v. 5, 4 nos., Sept. 1902-Mar. 1904; v. 6, 1 no., Mar. 1905. ; Mode of access: Internet.