Contents

Preface
Introduction

Part 1: Methodology of the Study of Politics

I: Science and Moral Values
1: Science
2: Problem-Solving
3: The Claim for Scientific Objectivity

II: Organization of the Study of Politics
1: What Society Expects of the Study of Politics
2: Why Is Behavioralism Criticized?
3: Conclusion

Part 2: The Scope of the Study of Politics

1: What Is Politics?
2: Scientific Research and Its Objects
3: How the Scope of the Study Is Determined
4: The Scope of the Study of Politics

Part 3 : What Is the State?

I: Discussions on the State
1: Definitions of the State
2: Three Elements of the State
3: The All-Inclusive Aims of the State

II: What Is the State?
1: Ambiguity of the Concept of the State and the Strategy of Definition
2: The Method to Define a Device
3: Jobs Performed by the Night-Watchman State
4: The Distinguishing Job of the State and Its Other Jobs
5: The Meanings of the Word "State"
6: The Historical Concept and the Universal Concept

Part 4 : The Task of the Study of Politics

I: Organization of the Study of Politics
II: The Task of the Study of Politics : Designing the State

Index of Subjects
Index of Names
Original Japanese Title
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