Notas sobre el establecimiento de la moderna ciencia política americana

Abstract

This article offers an overview of the trends involved in the establishment of what has been called "modern political science" (or American political science) during the period from the mid¬1930s to the mid-1960s in the United States. The first part highlights the criticisms made by its proponents of the concepts and working procedures of traditional political science, and the following section summarizes the positive proposals in favor of establishing a scientific disci¬pline of politics (modern political science). The third section gives a critical analysis of the theoretical and ideological problematics that characterized its early days, arising from the debate between "neo-elitists" and "pluralists." The paper concludes with a series of comments on the meaning and role of the proposal for this new American political science.