Clifford Bates (Warsaw): The Centrality of Politeia for Aristotle’s Politics: Aristotle’s Continuing Significance for Social and Political Science; and The Centrality of Politeia for Aristotle’s Politics: Part II – The Marginalization of Aristotle’s Politeia in Modern Political Thought. Remigiusz Rosicki (Poznan): On the Political Dimension of Political Science: A Few Words about Political Dimension as the Final Judgment and Reasoning. Where to debunk (political) science findings? Even if you discover that a published finding is wrong, publishing a correction is not that straightforward nor always appreciated. Many political scientists produce replications during graduate training — what can be done with this knowledge? All that is published does not replicate: A survey finds that many attempts to replicate in political science do not succeed. The mainstream media trope about the social sciences that I would like to kill with fire: Daniel W. Drezner writes in defense of "stark modelings, ziggy graphs and game theory". Political scientists propose new ways to engage policy makers and the public. Is there a need to redefine political science in this age of intellectual aristocracy? John Raymond Jison investigates. Boer Deng on why conservative politicians don’t like political science. From The Monkey Cage, can there be an ethical Middle East political science? Marc Lynch on how our primary ethical commitment as political scientists must be to get the theory and the empirical evidence right; and on political science after Gaza: Political scientists are about to get a whole lot of interesting new research questions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (and more). A look at the top 10 ways to mess with political scientists. Petition approved: In 2015, APSA will have a Class and Inequality Section. Fires disrupt political scientists: Scholars at APSA were forced to evacuate their rooms Friday night — but meeting one another in pajamas didn't stop them from tweeting. The James Q. Wilson Collection at the RAND Library: James Q. Wilson, the late political scientist known as the co-creator of the "broken windows" criminology theory, bequeathed to the Pardee RAND Graduate School in October 2012 an archive of all of his papers, books, articles and commentaries.
