Revisiting Lasswell

This article continues the line of argument and historical interpretation we offered in "The Policy Scientist of Democracy: The Discipline of Harold D. Lasswell" by way of a response to Ronald Brunner's "The Policy Scientist of Democracy Revisited." Problems regarding Lasswe...

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Published in:Policy sciences 2008-03, Vol.41 (1), p.21-32
Main Authors: Farr, James, Hacker, Jacob S., Kazee, Nicole
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
20th century
Democracy
Democratic theory
Discipline
Economic Policy
Essays
Heroes
Heroism
Intellectuals
Interdisciplinary aspects
Lasswell, Harold
Literature
Policy analysis
Policy studies
Political debate
Political power
Political revolutions
Political Science
Political Science and International Relations
Political Science and International Studies
Politics
Power
Power relations
Professional responsibilities
Propaganda
Public Administration
Public policy
Review articles
Scientists
Social sciences
Society
Studies
United States of America
War
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Summary:This article continues the line of argument and historical interpretation we offered in "The Policy Scientist of Democracy: The Discipline of Harold D. Lasswell" by way of a response to Ronald Brunner's "The Policy Scientist of Democracy Revisited." Problems regarding Lasswell's capacious vision of the policy scientist and vagaries surrounding "democracy," do not diminish the importance of the questions Lasswell asked and left as his legacy to the discipline of political science. We here supply further evidence for our historical interpretation of Lasswell and sketch what sort of "policy scientist of democracy" fits our times and the current state of the discipline of political science.
ISSN:0032-2687
1573-0891
DOI:10.1007/s11077-007-9052-9