The Development of Political Science : A Comparative Survey

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Cosmological myth and origins of political science. 3. Historical development. 4. Institutional basis of Greek Theory. 5. The political philosophy of Plato. 6. The politics of Aristotle. 7. Political theory of later Greece and of Rome. 8. The development of mediaeval institutions. 9. Political theory in the early church. 10. Theories during the development of Ecclesi-Astical Hegemony. 11. St. Thomas Aquinas and his school. 12. The passing of the Middle Age. 13. Machiavelli. Bibliography.

The development of political science represents a growing field. The development of political science is the first comprehensive discussion of the subject in a comparative international perspective. The book begins with a discussion of the historiography of the discipline. The international approach taken here emphasizes the vision of political science as a growing transnational body of knowledge. In presenting critical analysis of the state of the field, the author aims to further the study of the development of the discipline in the context of its developmental history. The resulting study is one which will be of interest not only to political scientists, but to all those concerned with the development of the social sciences.