Description: An exploration of the scope of political science and of its development as a profession, with a focus on what American political scientists do as disciplinary professionals. Analysis of ...

B. Dan Wood, Richard W. Waterman, The Dynamics of Political Control of the Bureaucracy, The American Political Science Review, Vol. 85, No. 3 (Sep., 1991), pp. 801-828. Free online reading for over 10 ...

Until recently, I assured libertarians and conservatives that unlike much of academia, political science had a tent big enough for them. Today, I am not so sure.