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Political Science in the United States: Past and Present

The "International Political Science Review" had originally planned to include an article in each issue on some aspects of the state of political science generally and also in specific countries. Severe space constraints and the sloth of the general editor have conspired to leave this inte...

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Published in:International political science review 1985-01, Vol.6 (1), p.133-152
Main Author: Easton, David
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The "International Political Science Review" had originally planned to include an article in each issue on some aspects of the state of political science generally and also in specific countries. Severe space constraints and the sloth of the general editor have conspired to leave this intention unfulfilled, although an excellent review by Pierre Favre on the discipline in France did appear in 1981. The idea still strikes me as a good one and we shall try to include discipline reviews from time to time at least. The present issue contains an interesting look at political science in the United States by one of its most influential practitioners. The article by David Easton that follows was prepared for an audience that has had little exposure to American or Western social science. This gives it a quality making it particularly attractive for the international perspective of this journal. We have decided to print the article despite the fact that a version has been published elsewhere because of its interest and because we know that virtually none of our readers will have had the opportunity of seeing it in its original "home," "Political Science and the Law", the journal of the Shanghai Academy of Political Science. /// La "Revue internationale de science politique" avait prévu originalement inclure, dans chaque parution, un article sur certains aspects de l'état de la science politique en général, et dans des pays spécifiques. Les effets combinés de sévères constraintes d'espace et de la paresse de l'éditeur ont laissé ce désir inassouvi, bien qu'une excellente revue de la discipline en France par Pierre Favre soit parue en 1981. L'idée me semble toujours bonne, et nous devrions tenter d'inclure, au moins de temps en temps', des revues de la discipline. La présente parution contient un coup d'oeil intéressant à la science politique aux États-Unis, par l'un de ses plus influents practiciens. L'article de David Easton qui suit a été préparé pour un public qui est peu exposé à la science sociale americaine ou occidentale. Cela lui donne une qualite particulièrement attirant pour la perspective internationale du journal. Nous avons décidé de publier cet article, même s'il est déjà paru ailleurs, à cause de son intérêt et parce que nous savons que virtuellement aucun de nos lecteurs n'aura eu l'occasion de le voir dans son foyer d'origine, "Political Science and the Law", le journal de l'Académie de science politique de Shangai.
ISSN:0192-5121
1460-373X
DOI:10.1177/019251218500600113