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The Scientific Status of Political Science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2009

Claude Ake
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I want to clarify the scientific status of contemporary political science. To do this, it is necessary to go into the question of what science means. I take it for granted that the samiliar charcterization of science as explanation is cssentially correct. But what does explanation mean?

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British Journal of Political Science , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , January 1972 , pp. 109 - 115
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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