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First, the quotation--"We are graduating government majors who have not read Freud or Weber,"-- (whether or not it was meant as a criticism) gave factual evidence to my contention that the department was neglecting the approaches of political science making use of the insights of psychology and sociology. A reader would interpret the statement as a criticism only if he felt that such approaches were significant enough to merit attention in the Government Department...
Second, I was startled to find myself accused of having called Freud and Weber behaviorists. Since behaviorists make such extensive use of their work, however, I do think that it is necessary to read Weber and Freud to have any understanding of behaviorism...
...Horne's article about the Gov. Department raies different issues that he has falled to distinguish. One, what I mentioned as a reason for the social studies program (the study of Freud or Weber) is not necessarily a criticism of the Gov. Dept--merely a suggestion that there are various ways of studying society and polity...
...Weber and Freud would be startled to find themselves listed as behaviorists. Three, not all empirical studies are behavioral, nor is behaviorism exclusively empirical. Many areas of politics do not lend themselves to the kinds of generalizations (often quantitative) which behaviorism favors. The methods and concepts used by behav are based on a theory of politics (which emphasizes processes rather than structures, individuals and groups rather than institutions). This theory is to put it mildly, not the only conceivable approach to politics, or the only possible framework for observation...
That is not surprising; the land that produced Sigmund Freud has a split personality on most matters. Its economy and government are run by a coalition of the cartel-minded Peoples' Party and the nationalization-minded Socialist Party. Austria has suffered less than its Western neighbors from inflation and labor strife because both parties agreed to let a government board rule on wage and price hikes. Almost 25% of Austria's economy is nationalized, including most of its basic industries, much of its banking, and two-thirds of its joint-stock companies...