Liberal Democracy and Political Science.James W. Ceaser
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 54, Heft 2, S. 587-589
ISSN: 1468-2508
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In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 54, Heft 2, S. 587-589
ISSN: 1468-2508
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 51, Heft 4, S. 1007-1007
ISSN: 1468-2508
In: News for Teachers of Political Science, Band 37, S. 13-13
ISSN: 2689-8632
This essay addresses the problem of teachers and students who have reached the point of trying to find a common ground for perceiving (seeing) politics. This may occur almost any time during any social science course, but it cannot be assumed to happen automatically the first day of class in government, citizenship, or public affairs. Hopefully, the signal is some variant of the question: "What do we mean by politics, or the political aspect of human affairs?" A parade of definitions — taking controversial positions on public policy issues; running for elective office; who gets what, when and how; and manipulating people—is not a mutually-satisfying answer if it produces the Queen of Hearts' attitude in students that the word politics means what they choose it to mean and nothing more.
In: American political science review, Band 71, Heft 2, S. 631-632
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In: American political science review, Band 69, Heft 1, S. 175-185
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The centenary of Merriam's birth provides the opportunity to reappraise the consequences of his prophetic advocacy of a more scientific expression and systematization of political knowledge. The vehicle for this appraisal is a comparison of Merriam's 'activist" epistemology wjth the more self-limiting methodology of Max Weber who, perhaps among all twentieth-century social scientists, stated most explicitly and experienced most poignantly the tensions among the requirements of acquiring objective knowledge about politics and exercising responsibility in political action. Notwithstanding their many points of difference, Merriam and Weber are interpreted as sharing common grounds of disbelief that the disjunction between science and politics will be removed by the development of a unifying, paradigmatic world-view, either within political science or between the several sciences of man, nature, and society. The political context and role of scientists are visualized by the author as consisting in: (1) mastering the personal temptations and obstacles to achieving their own peculiar brand of political competence, (2) securing public recognition and respect for the factual-scientific component of controversial situations involving their sphere of expertness, and (3) acting upon the assumption of joint skills and contributions, along with other scientists, philosophers, technicians (including politicians), and participating citizens in improving the utilization of scientific research in the formulation of public policy and reform of governing institutions.
In: American political science review, Band 69, Heft 1, S. 171-171
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In: Polity, Band 6, Heft 1, S. 122-134
ISSN: 1744-1684
In: American political science review, Band 64, Heft 3, S. 922-924
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In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 31, Heft 1, S. 249-251
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In: American political science review, Band 62, Heft 2, S. 584-586
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In: American political science review, Band 61, Heft 2, S. 499-500
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In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 29, Heft 2, S. 241-260
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In: American political science review, Band 60, Heft 2, S. 397-399
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In: American political science review, Band 59, Heft 2, S. 408-416
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Alan T. Waterman (retired Director of the National Science Foundation and past president of the A.A.A.S.) recently insisted that there is a considerable difference between observations and perceptual images of scientists' behavior in governmental and policy-making situations when made by scientists and when they are made by persons "outside of science." Waterman went on to say that most natural scientists would prefer to write on "science" rather than "scientists" in policy-making. Reflection on the implications of these distinctions raises several fascinating questions. In what senses may there be a political science of science? Are only natural and biological scientists equipped to investigate and interpret the behavior of scientists in non-laboratory, public policy-formulating situations? Is it necessary to have separate "natural-scientific" and "social-scientific"—to say nothing of any number of "humanistic"—views of the political role of science? What does it mean to say that the proper focus of study is the representation of science, rather than scientists in government?
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 27, Heft 2, S. 396-397
ISSN: 1468-2508