The Founding of the American Political Science Association

Discipline, Profession, Political Theory, and Politics

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3524911
AutoresJohn G Gunnell (0000-0003-0299-8129, Albany State University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2006
Volumen100
Número4
Páginas479-486
Fecha de publicación2006-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Political Science Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0003055406062320
OpenAlexW2145769555
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas33
Referencias citadas20

In the evolution of the social sciences, disciplines (forms of research, training, and instruction) preceded professions (distinct occupational identities). Although professionalism has often been viewed as a conservative force, what was arguably the most prominent transformation in the history of political science was the result of a professional challenge to the discipline. The founding of the American Political Science Association represented not only an ideological break with some of the principal voices in the discipline but a reformulation of the reigning vision of the relationship between political science and politics. Despite the markedly different circumstances, the dissenting claims emanating from the subfield of political theory during the behavioral era reflected, in many respects, a similar form of confrontation

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