Research in Political Science; The Work of the Panels of the Research Committee, American Political Science Association. Edited by Ernest S. Griffith. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. 1948. Pp. vi, 239. $3.00).

1949 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 585-586
Author(s):  
Harvey C. Mansfield
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Political Science ◽  
American Political Science Association ◽  
University Of North Carolina ◽  
Research Committee ◽  
Chapel Hill ◽  
American Political Science ◽  
Science Association

War-Time Priorities in Research: A Statement by the Research Committee of the American Political Science Association

1943 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 505-514
Author(s):  
Ernest S. Griffith ◽  
Phillips Bradley ◽  
Robert Leigh ◽  
Karl Loewenstein ◽  
Joseph McLean ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
American Political Science Association ◽  
Scholarly Work ◽  
Research Committee ◽  
Critical Writing ◽  
War Effort ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Business As Usual ◽  
American Political Science ◽  
Science Association

In the report of the Association's Committee on War-time Services occurs the following passage: “It seems to the Committee that the customary individualism of the profession is a luxury that cannot be unimpaired in war-time; political scientists must not go through the war with a business-as-usual attitude toward research and critical writing. The crises upon the nation and awaiting the nation demand that the profession recognize priorities in its scholarly work…. Students, mature and immature, should know what men of affairs consider to be the more crucial issues … The Committee … does ask … that the profession be given leadership in determining what to do ….”The Research Committee of the Association considered this challenge and sought an answer from those members of the profession who had temporarily left their academic halls and plunged into the war effort in Washington. This group gave generously of their time and thought to the matter. The Committee's own function became merely that of a reporter or synthesizer of the views thus expressed. It is this synthesis which this statement incorporates. The suggestions are deliberately not attributed to any one individual. In the first place, many suggestions were made by more than one person; in the second place, the total pattern is even more intriguing than the individual suggestions.

Congress at the Grassroots: Representational Change in the South, 1970–1998. By Richard F. Fenno, Jr. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. 170p. $34.95 cloth, $16.95 paper.

2001 ◽  
Vol 95 (2) ◽  
pp. 472-473
Author(s):  
Burdett A. Loomis
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Political Anthropology ◽  
American Political Science Association ◽  
Congressional District ◽  
The South ◽  
Chapel Hill ◽  
Home Style ◽  
American Political Science ◽  
Science Association

Not long ago, Richard Fenno was at an American Political Science Association convention, wondering aloud whether anyone might want to publish a case study of a single congressional district over almost three decades. The Uni- versity of North Carolina Press did, and congressional schol- ars and students of representation are indebted to the editors there. Just when we suspected that Fenno could not wring one more set of insights from his "soaking and poking" political anthropology, he produces a book that tells a profound tale of political change in the South (and in suburbia), gives us a grounded study of what it means to represent a constituency, and offers an understanding of both the Rayburn and Gingrich eras in the House of Representa- tives. In addition, students of Congress can enjoy this book in its nuanced referencing of Home Style, Fenno's still-relevant study of House members in their constituencies, published in 1978.

Report on a Survey of the Membership of the American Political Science Association

1974 ◽  
Vol 7 (04) ◽  
pp. 382-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Mann
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Executive Director ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
American Political Science Association ◽  
Full Time ◽  
National Office ◽  
Final Questionnaire ◽  
American Political Science ◽  
Number Of Individuals ◽  
Science Association

In conjunction with a discussion of the FY 1974–75 Budget at its April, 1974, meeting, the Council of the American Political Science Association instructed the Executive Director to survey the membership of the Association as to their attitudes toward the usefulness ofPSin form and content. In order to take full advantage of the resources needed to conduct this survey, the National Office conceived a broader study of membership attitudes toward Association activities. The final questionnaire was approved by the Council.On June 7, 1974, the questionnaire was mailed to 1,000 individuals selected randomly from the membership files of the Association. A second mailing was sent to those who had not responded on July 9. A total of 530 completed questionnaires were received for a response rate of 53 percent.The demographic characteristics of the membership, as reflected in the sample, are portrayed in Table 1.The small number of students in the sample is surprising, given the fact that a third of all Association members pay student dues. This discrepancy cannot be attributed to differential response rates; a check of our numbering system confirms the fact that “student” members returned their questionnaires at the same rate as “annual” members. Clearly, a substantial number of individuals paying student dues are employed full-time.

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