In American Political Science Research now titled American Political Science review
Volume 15 no.2.
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Notes
Merriam's manifesto proposed a model of political science that distinguished it from history.
Cited by Munck (2007) as the birth of the Behavioural Revolution in comparative politics.
Calls for increase availability and collection of empirical data relevant to political science.
Calls for a broad based professional body - encompassing institutions from many countries, classes, races etc. - to transcend the biases of country, class race.
Wants to avoid political science falling into a category that is neither scientific science or practical politics.
Notes the benefits of the use of statistics within reason - suggests its use is increased.
"Modern psychology also offers material and methods of great value to politics, and possibilities of still greater things"
"undertakings in charge often of isolated observers and workers. The political research of our nation and of others is ill-organized, especially for a branch of knowledge that deals with organisation and administration as its central topics "
