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Though he has clear political predilections that may make Democratic readers occasionally bristle, his rigorous examination of the best data on presidential campaigns available to date keeps him squarely in the realm of political science.
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John Gerring, Joshua C. Yesnowitz 
13 Jan 2006-Polity
70 Citations
If political science is to matter to policymakers or citizens, as most political scientists believe it should, authors must be clear about how their subject ties into some broader telos that others might share.
I argue that many political scientists have either understated or ignored how the Ford Foundation's Behavioral Sciences Program gave form to behavioralism, accelerated its rise, and helped root it in political science.
Empirically, a comprehensive review of meta-scientific research with a focus on quantitative political science demonstrates that threats to the credibility of political science findings are systematic and real.
These results suggest that there are moderate subfield and methodology effects in how political scientists evaluate political science journals, but there are stronger effects of these variables in terms of political scientists’ levels of familiarity with these journals.
It concludes that new political science offers a methodological critique of behaviorialism and a sociological critique of the relationship between political science and political power, but there is no consensus on what constitutes a new political science beyond its critical stance toward the existing discipline.
The paper demonstrates how the study of psephology – electoral and polling data – can be used to embed quantitative methods within the substantive political science curriculum.
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Mary C. Murphy, Theresa Reidy 
10 Citations
Political science may not be a professional area but Shulman's concept of disciplinary styles can provide important insights into the culture and pedagogy of political science.
The author would show that the political scientist is not sufficiently aware of what science qua natural science has done since the 16th century; that such an awareness is desirable at both the practical and theoretical levels of political enquiry; and that our colleges are capable of providing such an awareness, although they do not presently do so.
I show how this works in practice and on that basis reassert the value of formal models in political science.