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New edition of the provocative history of the tenuous relationship between the scientific study of politics and the real world of American democracy.

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Author:   Raymond Seidelman ,  Edward J. Harpham ,  James Farr
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Edition:   Second Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9781438455747

ISBN 10:   1438455747
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   02 January 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Bruce Miroff and Stephen Skowronek Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. The Impulse toward a Science of Politics, 1880-1900 3. Science as Muckraking: The Cult of Realism in the Progressive Era 4. Reform and Disillusionment in the New Deal 5. The Behavioral Era 6. The Eclipse of Unity 7. Conclusion: The End of the Third Tradition Afterword: A Science of Politics, A Science for Politics by James Farr Notes Bibliography Index

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Seidelman has made a significant, original, and lasting contribution to critical historical self-reflection in the discipline of American political science. - John G. Gunnell, Distinguished Professor, Emeritus, University at Albany, SUNY

"""This book continues to provide an invaluable perspective on 20th-century political science."" - CHOICE ""Seidelman has made a significant, original, and lasting contribution to critical historical self-reflection in the discipline of American political science."" - John G. Gunnell, Distinguished Professor, Emeritus, University at Albany, SUNY"

Author Information

Raymond Seidelman (1951-2007) was Professor of Political Science at Sarah Lawrence College and the coeditor (with Bruce Miroff and Todd Swanstrom) of Debating Democracy, Seventh Edition: A Reader in American Politics.

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