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I frequently tell my graduate students that a good indicator that a piece of work has attained the status of a classic is the extent to which it is cited irrelevantly. Although I have been vaguely conscious in the years since this article was published that it has turned up in a lot of footnotes, I...

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Published in:The American political science review 2006-11, Vol.100 (4), p.684-685
Main Author: Polsby, Nelson W.
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Language:English
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Summary:I frequently tell my graduate students that a good indicator that a piece of work has attained the status of a classic is the extent to which it is cited irrelevantly. Although I have been vaguely conscious in the years since this article was published that it has turned up in a lot of footnotes, I have not followed its career in the literature closely enough to be able to tell whether by this austere criterion it qualifies.
ISSN:0003-0554
1537-5943
DOI:10.1017/S0003055406382561