Emily Hauptmann is professor of political science at Western Michigan University.

"Emily Hauptmann’s Foundations and American Political Science makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the development of US political science in the postwar era, and particularly of the role of private philanthropy in shaping both the discipline itself and the institutions and practices of American higher education more generally. It is deeply researched and clearly written and organized. This is an impressive work."—Jessica Blatt, associate professor of political science at Marymount Manhattan College

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPART I: FOUNDATIONS1. “Propagandists for the Behavioral Sciences”: The Carnegie Corporation and the SSRC2. The Ford Foundation’s “Golden Eggs” and the Constitution of Behavioralism3. A “Catholic” Approach: The Rockefeller Foundation’s Diversified Social Science ProgramPART II: UNIVERSITIES4. The Transformation of Political Science at Michigan: Patronage and the Rise of Political Behavior Research5. Political Science at Berkeley: Growth, Conflict, and DispersalConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Emily Hauptmann is professor of political science at Western Michigan University.

"Emily Hauptmann’s Foundations and American Political Science makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the development of US political science in the postwar era, and particularly of the role of private philanthropy in shaping both the discipline itself and the institutions and practices of American higher education more generally. It is deeply researched and clearly written and organized. This is an impressive work."—Jessica Blatt, associate professor of political science at Marymount Manhattan College

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPART I: FOUNDATIONS1. “Propagandists for the Behavioral Sciences”: The Carnegie Corporation and the SSRC2. The Ford Foundation’s “Golden Eggs” and the Constitution of Behavioralism3. A “Catholic” Approach: The Rockefeller Foundation’s Diversified Social Science ProgramPART II: UNIVERSITIES4. The Transformation of Political Science at Michigan: Patronage and the Rise of Political Behavior Research5. Political Science at Berkeley: Growth, Conflict, and DispersalConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Emily Hauptmann is professor of political science at Western Michigan University.

"Emily Hauptmann’s Foundations and American Political Science makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the development of US political science in the postwar era, and particularly of the role of private philanthropy in shaping both the discipline itself and the institutions and practices of American higher education more generally. It is deeply researched and clearly written and organized. This is an impressive work."—Jessica Blatt, associate professor of political science at Marymount Manhattan College

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPART I: FOUNDATIONS1. “Propagandists for the Behavioral Sciences”: The Carnegie Corporation and the SSRC2. The Ford Foundation’s “Golden Eggs” and the Constitution of Behavioralism3. A “Catholic” Approach: The Rockefeller Foundation’s Diversified Social Science ProgramPART II: UNIVERSITIES4. The Transformation of Political Science at Michigan: Patronage and the Rise of Political Behavior Research5. Political Science at Berkeley: Growth, Conflict, and DispersalConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex