In Politics and Progress, author Dennis J. Mahoney describes the
emergence of American political science as a separate academic
discipline in the era between the Civil War and the First World
War, with the pivotal event of the founding of the American
Political Science Association in 1903. His book, a testament to the
integrity of American political science, chronicles its
intellectual and cultural development. According to Mahoney,
American political science borrowed its ideas from European,
especially German, political science. Subsequently, it was
influenced by the notion of scientific progress as exemplified in
the writings of American pragmatists and progressivist politics.
Mahoney notes that institutionalization in the American academy
necessarily required the displacement of earlier approaches to
politics, including the tradition of political philosophy and the
political science of the American founding. As the discipline grew,
it was characterized by its drive toward organization and
professionalism, the study of administration (as contrasted with
policymaking) and a seemingly ceaseless quest for a distinctive
scientifically oriented methodology. These characteristics are
maintained in contemporary mainstream political science. Politics
and Progress marks an important chapter in American intellectual
history and is a vital resource for political scientists
researching their roots.
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