The American Science of Politics

Originally published between 1943 and 1969, the volumes in the International Library of Sociology Political Sociology set were written against a backdrop of rapid and radical political change. Covering topics as wide-ranging as European federalism, democracy and dictatorship and voting, these titles are as relevant today as when they were first published. Introduction, PART ONE: ORIGINS, I. The Science of Politics in the Early Republic, II. Citizenship and National Expansion, III. American Liberalism Refurbished by Progress: Spencer and Darwin, IV. Ambition and Ambiguity in the Founding of Social Science: Sumner and Ward, PART TWO: CONDITIONS, V. The Cult of Realism in the Progressive Era, VI. The Growth of Political Science, VII. The Science of the Group Process of Politics: A. F. Bentley, PART THREE: CONSEQUENCES, VIII. Charles Merriam and the New Aspects of Politics, IX. The Democratic Gospel of Research, X. The Conceptual Behaviour of Harold Lasswell, PART FOUR: INCONCLUSIONS, XI. Science and Politics, XII. American Political Science and American Political, Index