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"Behavioralism" published on by Oxford University Press.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Tradition and Innovation: On the Tension between Ancient and Modern Ways in the Study of Politics -- 1 : The Condition of American Political Science -- 2 : The Impact on Political Science of the Revolution in the Behavioral Sciences -- 3 : The Behavioral Approach in Political Science: Epitaph for a Monument to a Successful Protest -- 4 : What Is Political Philosophy? The Problem of Political Philosophy -- 5 : Politics and Pseudopolitics: A Critical Evaluation of Some Behavioral Literature -- 6 : "Behavioristic" Tendencies in American Political Science -- Index

Political behavior research has delivered less than the "behavioral revolution" seemed originally to promise. A survey of recent work suggests that the reason is not its epistemological premises (which are accepted here) or its methodology, but (1) its unsystematic, atheoretical character and limited range of research topics, and (2) the erroneous conception of human nature on which research rests. Compared with either the established principles of modern biobehavioral science or the conceptions of human problems of earlier political science, political behavior research remains "pre-behavioral."To progress beyond this stage, political scientists must recognize and apply the basic knowledge about human behavior provided by the biobehavioral sciences. Two brief examples of such application are given: how ethological knowledge can supply a needed theoretical perspective for identifying political behavior problems worth studying; and how neurophysiological knowledge, particularly psychophysiology and psychophysics, can correct mistaken conceptions of the relationship between political attitudes, political words, and political actions.

ARGUING THAT POLITICAL BEHAVIOR RESEARCH REMAINS "PRE-BEHAVIORAL", THE AUTHOR REASONS THAT POLITICAL SCIENTISTS MUST APPLY THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HUMAN BEHAVIOR PROVIDED BY THE BIOBEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. TWO EXAMPLES OF SUCH APPLICATION ARE GIVEN: THE THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE OF ETHOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND THE VALUE OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE.

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effect of behavioralism upon the study of the United Nations as reflected in journal articles published during the period 1950-1969.Scope and Method of This StudyIn recent years students of politics have become increasingly self-conscious about the spread of behavioral methods and viewpoints within the discipline. A great deal of energy has been expended in explaining what behavioralism is, defending it, attacking it, or trying to reconcile it with more traditional approaches.