1. Introduction -- Pt. 1. Historical Perspectives -- 2. The History of Political Science: An Essay -- 3. Charles Edward Merriam -- 4. Harold Dwight Lasswell -- 5. A Voice from the Chicago School -- 6. Area Studies and the Objectivity of the Social Sciences -- Pt. 2. Contributions to Democratic Theory -- 7. Capitalism and Democracy -- 8. The Appeals of Communism and Fascism -- 9. The Cultural Revolution in the United States -- 10. The Civic Culture: Retrospect and Prospect -- 11. Civic Culture as Theory