I : Theory and method -- Texts and canons: the status of the "Great books" in political science -- Political theory in the 1980s: perplexity amidst diversity -- Feminist challenges to political science -- Formal rational choice theory: a cumulative science of politics -- The comparative method -- The state of quantitative political methodology -- II : Political processes and individual political behavior -- Comparative political parties: research and theory -- The not so simple act of voting -- The new look in public opinion research -- Expanding disciplinary boundaries: black, latino, and racial minority group politics in political science -- Citizens, contexts, and politics -- Political communication: scope, progress, promise -- III : Political institutions of the state -- Legislatures: individual purpose and institutional performance -- Public law and judicial politics -- Political executives and their officials -- Public administration: the state of the field -- IV : Nations and their relationships -- Comparative politics -- Global political economy -- Political conflict, war, and peace

1. Political science -- Methodology