PO101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: George Gallup, Philosophical Perspectives, Scientific Method
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Power authority and state part 1 & 2. Political science, as a formal discipline, appeared in europe and the united state in the late 1800s. The first chair in history and political sciences was at columbia university in 1857. The first department of political science in paris in 1871, then at columbia university in 1880, and the london school of economics and politics in 1895. The first professional association of political scientist was the apsa in 1903, and. Perspective that views politics as an empirical discipline, rather than a science. Concerned with the purpose, nature, and organization of the state, stressing humanistic, ethical, and philosophical perspectives. Preference for case studies rather than quantitative methods. Research typically focused on the detailed description of historical data, political institutions, constitutions and legal systems. But, a true development of political science started after ww2 and with the process of decolonization of africa and asia.
