"The man instrumental in the creation of the Brookings Institution, Charles E. Merriam, sought to move toward a “science of politics.” In his presidential address to APSA in 1921, he spoke of what he called a pressing problem, the reconstruction of the methods of political study (Merriam 1921, 174). Thus began a trend that placed increasing emphasis on the development of theories and testable hypotheses."
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Mary E. Guy, "Ties that bind: The link between public administration and political science." Journal of Politics 65.3 (2003): 641-655; p. 644.
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Charles Edward Merriam
Charles Edward Merriam, Jr. (November 15, 1874 – January 8, 1953) was an American political scientist and Professor of political science at the , founder of the behavioralistic approach to political science, a prominent intellectual in the , and an advisor to several U.S. Presidents.
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