Political Science and Political Practice
In: Australian journal of political science: journal of the Australasian Political Studies Association, Band 26, Heft 3, S. 395
ISSN: 1036-1146
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In: Australian journal of political science: journal of the Australasian Political Studies Association, Band 26, Heft 3, S. 395
ISSN: 1036-1146
In: American political science review, Band 60, Heft 4, S. 869-879
ISSN: 1537-5943
Like Rachel, Jacob's beloved but still childless bride, who asked herself and the Lord each morning, "Am I?," or "Can I?," so presidents of this Association on these annual occasions intermittently ask, "Are we a science?," or "Can we become one?" My predecessor, David Truman, raised this question last September applying some of the notions of Thomas Kuhn in his recent book on scientific revolutions. I shall be following in Truman's footsteps, repeating much that he said but viewing the development of the profession from a somewhat different perspective and intellectual history. My comments will be organized around three assertions.First, there was a coherent theoretical formulation in the American political theory of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.Second, the development of professional political science in the United States from the turn of the century until well into the 1950's was carried on largely in terms of this paradigm, to use Kuhn's term. The most significant and characteristic theoretical speculation and research during these decades produced anomalous findings which cumulatively shook its validity.Third, in the last decade or two the elements of a new, more surely scientific paradigm seem to be manifesting themselves rapidly. The core concept of this new approach is that of the political system.
In: Redescriptions: yearbook of political thought, conceptual history and feminist theory, Band 11, S. 21-44
ISSN: 1238-8025
In: The Western political quarterly, Band 21, Heft 4, S. 551-559
ISSN: 1938-274X
In: The Western political quarterly, Band 20, Heft 2, S. 390
ISSN: 1938-274X
In: The Western political quarterly, Band 3, Heft 2, S. 161-178
ISSN: 1938-274X
In: Public choice, Band 96, Heft 3-4, S. 219
ISSN: 0048-5829
In: Politics and the life sciences: PLS ; a journal of political behavior, ethics, and policy, Band 6, Heft 2, S. 141-155
ISSN: 1471-5457
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.
In: Philippine political science journal, Band 1, Heft 1, S. 42-51
ISSN: 2165-025X
In: Australian journal of political science: journal of the Australasian Political Studies Association, Band 26, Heft 3, S. 395-408
ISSN: 1363-030X
In: American political science review, Band 60, Heft 4
ISSN: 0003-0554
In: American political science review, Band 55, Heft 4
ISSN: 0003-0554
In: European journal of political theory: EJPT, Band 3, Heft 1, S. 99-107
ISSN: 1474-8851
In: Scandinavian political studies: SPS ; a journal, Band 25, Heft 2, S. 107-116
ISSN: 0080-6757
In: American political thought: a journal of ideas, institutions, and culture, Band 3, Heft 1, S. 114-125
ISSN: 2161-1599