Political science :
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-228) and index.
Part I: Purposes in the study of politics. Introduction -- Questions of fact and value : the "is" and the "ought," means and ends -- Selecting and ordering descriptive data -- Explanation -- Prediction.
Part II: The expression of knowledge : forms and processes. Facts -- Concepts -- Classification, generalization, hypotheses, rules, and principles -- Laws -- Theories.
Part III: Approaches in the study of politics. Academic disciplines as approaches -- Approaches identified with salient features of political life -- Behavioral and analogical approaches -- Approaches identified with explanatory hypotheses or causal theories -- Methods.
Part IV: Science? The study of politics : a science?

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