2008 APSA Teaching and Learning Track Summaries—Track Eight: Civic Engagement I

2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (03) ◽  
pp. 622-623
Author(s):  
Timothy S. Meinke
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Civic Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Task Force ◽  
American Political Science Association ◽  
Founding Fathers ◽  
American Political Science ◽  
Collaborative Efforts ◽  
Science Association

Political science has always pondered questions of civic engagement. Socrates described and defended his intimate engagement with Athens in theApologyand Aristotle argued in thePoliticsthat it was only through engagement with the polis that humans could set forth and discuss notions of justice. Stephen Leonard (1999) and Hindy Schachter (1998) pointed out in earlier volumes of this journal that at the end of the nineteenth century the “founding fathers” of modern academic political science were motivated by ideas of improving citizens through civic education. And this has continued to be a focus for the American Political Science Association (APSA) through collaborative efforts such as the 1996 Task Force on Civic Education for the Next Century or, more recently, tracks during the association's Teaching and Learning Conference.

History and Political Science: Together Again?

2004 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian E. Zelizer
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Research University ◽  
American Political Science Association ◽  
Founding Fathers ◽  
Philosophy And Literature ◽  
American Tradition ◽  
American Research ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
American Political Science ◽  
Science Association

There was a period in America when the political science and history disciplines were not that far apart. Both approaches to analyzing civil society had evolved out of an old Anglo-American tradition where these two subjects, along with philosophy and literature, were all considered in relationship to one another. During the formative years of the American research university, which took place at the turn of the twentieth century, both disciplines shared common founding fathers. A classic example was Charles Beard, whose influence spanned both areas of scholarship. Indeed, it was a breakaway faction of the American Historical Association that formed the American Political Science Association.

scholarly journals Book Review: Teaching Civic Engagement Across the Disciplines

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Political Science ◽  
American Political Science Association ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
American Political Science ◽  
Science Association

Teaching Civic Engagement Across the Disciplines. Edited by Elizabeth C. Matto, Alison Rios Millett McCartney, Elizabeth A. Bennion, and Dick Simpson. Washington, DC: American Political Science Association. 2017. ISBN: 978-1878147561. 454 pages. Paperback, $30.

Are the Nation's Leading Political Science Programs Practicing the Egalitarian Values Espoused in American Democracy in an Age of Rising Inequality, And if Not, How Can They?

2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (03) ◽  
pp. 567-573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Oldfield
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Task Force ◽  
American Political Science Association ◽  
Participation Rates ◽  
American Democracy ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
The University ◽  
American Political Science ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Science Association

The American Political Science Association (APSA) has roughly 14,000 members. In fall 2002, APSA appointed a “Task Force on Inequality and American Democracy” (TFIAD). The group's 15 members represented various prestigious American universities, including, for example, Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. TFIAD was tasked with assessing the relationship between economic inequality in America and changes in political participation rates in our representative democracy.

scholarly journals Notes from the Editors

2010 ◽  
Vol 104 (4) ◽  
pp. iii-viii
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Quarterly Journal ◽  
American Political Science Association ◽  
Association Task ◽  
Online Submission ◽  
The Right ◽  
American Political Science ◽  
Science Association

We present, at the end of this section, the first thorough revision of our “Instructions to Contributors” in some years. The old version had accumulated archeological layers of revision that led to unclarity of meaning and infelicity of style; and it had come to terms in only a marginal way with the changed realities of online submission and digital files. Both problems, we hope, are now substantially corrected. We also include new language on replicability and verifiability, which many readers have urged upon for some time and which, in our view, comports well with the ongoing efforts of the American Political Science Association task force (co-chaired by Arthur Lupia and Colin Elman) on these matters. We have also tried to attune our language, to the extent possible, to that already in place at such journals as the American Journal of Political Science and the Quarterly Journal of Political Science. We welcome comments and criticism, and we of course reserve the right to make further emendations in light of feedback and experience.

Report on a Survey of the Membership of the American Political Science Association

1974 ◽  
Vol 7 (04) ◽  
pp. 382-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Mann
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Executive Director ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
American Political Science Association ◽  
Full Time ◽  
National Office ◽  
Final Questionnaire ◽  
American Political Science ◽  
Number Of Individuals ◽  
Science Association

In conjunction with a discussion of the FY 1974–75 Budget at its April, 1974, meeting, the Council of the American Political Science Association instructed the Executive Director to survey the membership of the Association as to their attitudes toward the usefulness ofPSin form and content. In order to take full advantage of the resources needed to conduct this survey, the National Office conceived a broader study of membership attitudes toward Association activities. The final questionnaire was approved by the Council.On June 7, 1974, the questionnaire was mailed to 1,000 individuals selected randomly from the membership files of the Association. A second mailing was sent to those who had not responded on July 9. A total of 530 completed questionnaires were received for a response rate of 53 percent.The demographic characteristics of the membership, as reflected in the sample, are portrayed in Table 1.The small number of students in the sample is surprising, given the fact that a third of all Association members pay student dues. This discrepancy cannot be attributed to differential response rates; a check of our numbering system confirms the fact that “student” members returned their questionnaires at the same rate as “annual” members. Clearly, a substantial number of individuals paying student dues are employed full-time.

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