TY  - BOOK
AU  - Van Dyke,Vernon
TI  - Political science: a philosophical analysis 
SN  - 0804700427
AV  - JA73 .V3
U1  - 320.018 
PY  - 1960///
CY  - Stanford, Calif.
PB  - Stanford University Press
KW  - Political science
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Politieke filosofie
KW  - gtt
KW  - Politische Wissenschaft
KW  - swd
KW  - fast
N1  - 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?
ER  -