Strata and Stability

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” The aptness of Orwell's observation is not confined to the community ofAnimal Farm, but extends to the “community of scholars” which constitutes the “learned discipline” of political science as well. In fact, as conceptualized by Albert Somit and Joseph Tanenhaus in their seminal study ofAmerican Political Science, a “gallery of great men” is one of the characteristics of such a discipline, serving (inter alia) “... both as a sign of professional kinship and as a means of cementing these bonds.”As an organized human activity, political science possesses a number of formal and informal stratification systems. The former reflect the decentralized nature of the discipline and include the various departmental structures as well as the hierarchies of the specialized and regional associations and of APSA. The informal stratification systems—essentially the considered assessment of the significance of individual contributions to the discipline—are substantially more subjective. These diverge along idiosyncratic as well as along the institutional, geographic, and subfield dimensions of the formal stratification systems. Moreover, the formal and informal systems will depart to some extent, since they are based upon different and sometimes contradictory criteria. Frequently, a particularly prominent contributor to the discipline will be elevated to the Association's presidency in recognition of these activities. In other cases, however, the nature of the contribution precludes such formal acknowledgment

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• What maximizes productivity and impact in political science research

  Open Access•P Norris•European Political Science•2021

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• Gender and Status in American Political Science

  Open Access•Karen J Alter, Jean Clipperton et al.•Perspectives on Politics•2020

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• Evaluating the Evaluators

  Open Access•James P Lester•PS Political Science & Politics•1990

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• Reputations vs Citations

  John S Robey•PS Political Science & Politics•1982

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• Research Creativity and Productivity in Political Science

  Open Access•Kim Hill•PS Political Science & Politics•2019

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• Ranking the Graduate Departments in the 1980s

  Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Hans‐dieter Klingemann•PS Political Science & Politics•1986

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• Scientific Capital in American Political Science

  Vanessa Ruget•New Political Science•2002

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• The Rise and Fall of American Political Science

  Open Access•Erkki Berndtson•International Political Science…•1987

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• Putting personality in context

  Open Access•Paul A Djupe, Kim Hill et al.•Scientometrics•2020

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• Corporations, the Civic Sector, and Government

  Open Access•Harold Salzman, Hal Salzman et al.•Insurgent Sociologist•1980

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• Understanding Political Instability

  Open Access•Lee Sigelman•Comparative Political Studies•1979

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• Interest Groups and Theories of Power in America

  Open Access•Andrew S Mcfarland, Andrew Mcfarland•British Journal of Political…•1987

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• Partisan Models and the Search for Party Effects in the US Senate

  Barbara Sinclair•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• Interest Group Theory

  Andrew Mcfarland•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• The Party Faithful

  John C Green•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• How Parties Nominate Presidents

  William G Mayer•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• The Comparative Advantage of State Interest Organization Research

  David Lowery, Virginia Gray•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• Theories of Parties

  John H Aldrich, Jeffrey D Grynaviski•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• The Road Less Taken

  Daniel M Shea•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• Party Coalitions in the US Congress

  D Brady, David W Brady•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• Social and Economic Justice Movements and Organizations

  Dara Z Strolovitch, M David Forrest et al.•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• Who Sings in the Heavenly Chorus?

  Kay Lehman Schlozman•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• Party Nominating Procedures and Recruitment—State and Local Level

  Raymond J La Raja•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• Activists, Influence, and Representation in American Elections

  Walter J Stone•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• Methodological Issues in the Study of Political Parties

  Hubert Noël, Hans Noel•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• Political Parties and Consultants

  David B Magleby•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• State Parties Research

  Gerald C Wright, Gerald Wright•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• The Mobilization and Influence of Business Interests

  Mark Alan Smith•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• What a Difference Twenty-Five Years Makes

  David W Rohde•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• Interest Groups and Agendas

  F R Baumgartner•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• Interest Groups in American Elections

  Clyde Wilcox, Rentaro Iida•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• The State of Research on Political Parties and Interest Groups

  L Sandy Maisel, Jeffrey M Berry•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• The Evolution of National Party Organizations

  Paul S Herrnson•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• Lobbying and Influence

  Beth L Leech•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• Urban Interest Groups

  Jeffrey M Berry•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• The Evolution and Alteration of American Party Coalitions

  Mark D Brewer•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• The Pure Partisan Institution

  Byron E Shafer•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• Linking Political Parties and Interest Groups

  M T Heaney•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• The President, Party Politics, and Constitutional Development

  Sidney M Milki, Sidney M Milkis et al.•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• Winning Isn't Everything

  Ronald B Rapoport•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• Methodological Perspectives on Interest Groups

  Scott H Ainsworth, Scott Ainsworth•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• American Political Parties

  Joel H Silbey•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• The Oxford handbook of American political parties and interest groups

  Michael T Heaney, Louis Sandy Maisel et al.•The Oxford handbook of American…•2010

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• The Study of Political Parties, 1906–2005

  Howard L Reiter•American Political Science Review•2006

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• The Political Science 400

  Open Access•Natalie Masuoka, B Grofman et al.•PS Political Science & Politics•2007

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• The Study of Political Parties, 1906-2005

  Open Access•Howard L Reiter•American Political Science Review•2006

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• The Politics of the Developing Areas

  Gabriel Abraham Almond, James Smoot Coleman•Politics of the Developing Areas•2015

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• The Politics of the Developing Areas

  Gabriel Almond, Lucian W Pye et al.•Politics of the Developing Areas•2015

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• Report of the Executive Director, 1974–75

  Evron M Kirkpatrick•PS Political Science & Politics•1975

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• Report on a Survey of the Membership of the American Political Science Association

  Thomas E Mann•PS Political Science & Politics•1974

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• Placement of Political Scientists in 1976

  Thomas E Mann•PS Political Science & Politics•1976

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• The New Revolution in Political Science

  Open Access•David Easton•American Political Science Review•1969

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