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THE REVOLUTION IN THE NATURE AND PURPOSES OF COMPARATIVE POLITICS, TO WHICH WE WERE EXHORTED BY MACRIDIS AND OTHERS IN THE EARLY 1950S, IMPLIED A MORE COMPARATIVE AND SOCIOLOGICAL ORIENTATION IN OUR TEACHING AND RESEARCH. BY TAKING A SURVEY OF TEXTBOOKS USED IN THE FIELD AND A MAIL SURVEY OF UNIVERSITY TEACHERS OF COMPARATIVE POLITICS COURSES, THE AUTHOR COLLECTED DATA ON THE TEACHING ENTERPRISE TO COMPLEMENT DATA ON RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. THESE DATA SHOW THAT A MAJORITY OF THE TEXTBOOKS REFLECT THE REVOLUTION IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS IN SOME WAY BUT AROUND ONE-THIRD DO NOT AND THAT 40% OF THE COURSES ARE TAUGHT IN A COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY FORMAT. HENCE, DESPITE THE WIDESPREAD ESPOUSAL OF ITS AIMS, A TEACHING AND TEXTBOOKS THE "REVOLUTION" IS FAR FROM COMPLETE, AND THERE MAY BE A SLIGHT RETRENCHMENT TOWARD MORE TRADITIONAL APPROACHES.