please, wld lyk 2 talk on the development of politics as a scientific professions. open suggestions needed.?

Question

i'm actually conducting a research on the development of the study of politics as a scientific profession. in other words, talking about science associated with politics.

Answer 1

Given that politics is 95% opinion it would be impossible to quantify it scientifically. Calling the study course "Political Science" is one of the great oxymorons of modern times. Political Philosophy maybe, but it darn sure isn't a science!

EDIT: I did take Pol Sci. One of the problems with the "science" of politics is that all analysis is based upon historical information and patterns. If it were a true science we could reliably repeat the same result given the same set of circumstances. In politics this CLEARLY is NOT the case. You can predict from your empirical data what you THINK should happen but the results are frequently NOT the expected results.

If politics were a reliable science as claimed, the country would steadfastly rally behind a wartime President following an attack on the home land. This is CLEARLY not the current case.

Answer 2

I'm confused by your question. Are you asking if political decision-making can become scientific? If so, I'd say no. Way too many variables.

Or, are you asking about how political systems make decisions about funding various scientific projects? Except for a few specialties such as medical research and space development, I don't think politicians can make very good decisions on which projects to fund.

Answer 3

You will not find too much things on this topic, outside the fact that politic often direct the development and research done in scientific fields, and that the politics arena is dominated by corporations and bankers with their own agenda... So you can better trace who are the puppets and who are the puppeters.
For exemples, stem cells researchs...

Answer 4

bostonian is showing that he never took a poli sci class.

political science is the empirical data associated with such things as factors involved in voter choice, relevance of money to campaigns, factors affecting voter turnout, likelihood of policies being implemented, efficacy of programs, etc.

my recollection is that in the early 20th century, people started actually trying to quantify political measures. in spite of things being largely opinion, it acts in a reasonably predictable fashion.

it's given rise to the questions like "what is the influence of a person's religion on candidate choice?" much to bostonian's dismay, that's not an opinion question.

so there are social science elements to politics. it's simply that most people don't pay attention to them.