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"January, 1921." ; Includes bibliographical references and index ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Bound with: The international trade situation / G.B. Roorbach (ed.) -- Taxation and public expenditures / Clyde L. King (ed.) -- The place of the United States in a world organization for the maintenance of peace / American Academy of Political and Social Science -- The revival of American business / C.H. Crennan (ed.)

Seven theses are presented in support of the notion that international political science is undergoing an imperialist transatlanticization led by the US: (1) the convergence thesis, (2) the asymmetry thesis, (3) the sequential thesis, (4) the professionalization thesis, (5) the efficiency thesis, (6) the universality thesis, & (7) the ahistoricity thesis. These are subject to a critical analysis, concluding that political science scholars interested in challenging the status quo & contributing to a genuinely globalized discipline should eschew the US in favor of other non-Western arenas of political science practice. References. J. Zendejas

This paper discusses African states, democracy and the political indicators of development while laying emphases on the Nigerian scorecard. The purpose of the modern African state is indeed still highly confounding and the embedded puzzle is largely attributable to democracy discontents. There was the supposition that democracy would lead to development on the continent. However, it is the position of this paper that this assumption is becoming increasingly mislaid. The paper adopted the documentary method of research which entails the use of textbooks, journals, internet and other documented materials and subsequently interrogates the linkages between democracy and development among African states with specific focus on Nigeria. It tables the political indicators of development and assesses the performance of the Nigerian state against the background of these indications. The thesis of the work is that as long as the political indicators of development are in deficiencies in Nigeria, democracy and development will remain immensely disarticulated. Relying on elite theory, the study concludes that elitist personification of the state and its institutions remains the major impediment to the linking of democracy with development in Nigeria. It recommends reforms of the institutions of the state to serve as catalyst for development in the country.

In light of Brexit, US policies on research or the Turkish government's crackdown after the 2017 coup, scientists worry about larger political developments that could harm international science. [Image: see text]

An evolutionary perspective, which is currently enjoying a revival in the social sciences, raises the possibility of a major transformation in the study of political development and modernization. It may be desirable to supplement (and in some instances replace) the concept of "political development" with the concept of "political evolution." Political development may be likened to the biological process of ontogeny. It involves the construction of a viable set of political qua cybernetic processes and structures at any level of social organization, from wolf packs to human families to empires. Political evolution is an aspect of phylogeny. It involves the invention, elaboration, and diffusion of novel political forms of all kinds, only some of which may be more effective, or inclusive, or democratic, etc. Nor are all evolutionary changes necessarily "better" (i.e., more adaptive). Political development is concerned with problems of social engineering, while political evolution is concerned with architectonics—with the emergence of functionally significant political innovations. Political development is always situation-specific, while political evolution is also historical and may include changes that diffuse and become "species-wide." Political evolution is thus a dimension of the larger process of biological evolution. The emergence of political systems, which long predates the evolution of humankind, constitutes a set of adaptive strategies with significant evolutionary consequences. Political development and political evolution may go hand in hand, but this is not always the case. A particular polity may develop or decay independently of the larger process of political evolution. Among the many theoretical implications of this conceptual reformulation, we briefly address the impact on functionalist theory, modernization theory, social mobilization theory, political economy (positive theory), world systems theory, dependency theory, and contemporary Marxist views.