An Analysis of the Political Career of Carl Schurz, 1868-1888 Page: IV
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PHEEACE
To "begin a study in the area ©f political thought of
the career of a prominent politician, requires some busier
definition®4 although, the task of choice ant clarification
of terms may he arbitrary and quarrelsome* Of course in se-
lecting and defining terms the modern student of American
political science usually falls afoul of a number of "schools"
is the discipline, whose very existence Often ss&ke© the prob-
lem of definition even sore difficult# However , without
some understanding of terms * regardless of the Rprofessional"
vulnerability of some of the choices adopted, this study
would appear meaningless and difficult to follow# for these
reasons, then* the following definition® and selections of
terms are presented#
first| it is necessary to define "political theoryf" for
this paper is* in part, an attempt to discover whether Carl
Schurz was a political theorist or merely a political activist.
Perhaps one of the deepest controversies in American political
science today is the definition and place# or role, of politi-
cal theory.1 In this paper, political theory is taken to mean
a body of thought concerned with the development of public
policy (action or opinion), possessing predictive quality and
.... s ^eal Beimer, The Eevival of Democratic Theory (Mew
York, 1961), pp. 1-177 — *"
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Palmer, Edwin D. An Analysis of the Political Career of Carl Schurz, 1868-1888, thesis, August 1963; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc108241/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .