Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Introduction John G.Gunnell and David Easton -- The historiography of American political science John G.Gunnell -- The development of political science: methodological problems of comparative research Erkki Berndtson -- The interaction of the state and political science in Canada: a preliminary mapping John E.Trent and Michael Stein -- Cultural and contextual constraints upon the development of political science in Great Britain Jack Hayward -- Political development and political science in West Germany Hans Kastendiek -- The development and institutionalization of political science in Italy Luigi Graziano -- French political science and its 'subfields': some reflections on the intellectual organization of the discipline in relation to its historical and social situation Jean Leca -- Political science in the Nordic countries Dag Anckar -- Political science in contemporary Spain: an overview Josep M.Valls -- The sociology of political science in the People's Republic of China Zhengyuan Fu -- Political science in 'Anglophone' Africa: its context and developmental logic in historical perspective L.Adle Jinadu -- Political science in the United States: past and present David Easton -- Index.