The Search for American Political Development

American political development (APD) has claimed in recent years the attention of a growing band of political scientists, and scholars have begun to speak of APD as a subfield within the discipline. This book provides a justification for studying politics historically, not only for what it reveals about the roots of political affairs at the present time but what it teaches about politics as an ongoing activity. Placing the character of political institutions at the center of analysis, the authors survey past and current scholarship and outline a course of study for the future.

Author: Karen Orren, Stephen Skowronek, Orren Karen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 07/22/2004
Pages: 246
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.94h x 5.98w x 0.64d
ISBN: 9780521547642

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2005 pg. 936

About the Author
Orren, Karen: - Karen Orren is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her areas of expertise are American Political History and Institutional Development.Skowronek, Stephen: - Stephen Skowronek is the Pelatiah Perit Professor of Political and Social Science at Yale University. He is the author of Building A New American State, The Expansion of National Administrative Capacities, 1877-1920, and The Politics Presidents Make: Leadership from John Adams to Bill Clinton. He is also, with Karen Orren, the managing Editor of Studies In American Political Development. He has been a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and has held the French-American Foundation Chair in American Civilization at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociale in Paris.

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