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History of Political Science Article:

We chose this article because there are a lot of sections with very little information on things we have read about in this class already. Something missing that we would like to fix is the lack of information within the Middle East section.

Sources we are considering:


 * http://data.isiscb.org/isis/citation/CBB364186891/
 * http://data.isiscb.org/isis/citation/CBB001213998/
 * http://data.isiscb.org/isis/citation/CBB074723221/
 * http://data.isiscb.org/isis/citation/CBB977311477/
 * https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-politics/
 * http://assets.press.princeton.edu/chapters/s8428.pdf

First edits we are considering:

We are going to move the sentence about India in the Ancient Western tab to the section about India, probably the first sentence of the paragraph. I believe we are also going to add some things about Aristotle using one of our sources found.

Potential Sentence to Add:

Aristotle was one of the first people to give a working definition of political science. Aristotle believed that it was a powerful branch of science, and that it held special authority over other branches, such as military science.

China section to add:

Despite common belief, Confucianism (also known as Ruism) and Taoism are not religions. These political philosophies, in addition to Legalism and Mohism, originated from Ancient China during the Spring and Autumn period. This period in China's history was a Golden Age of Chinese philosophy, as it gave way to many different ideas which were discussed freely. These four political philosophies are part of the six classical schools of thought in Chinese philosophy as determined by Sima Tan. During the Imperial Period, Confucianism modified with the times (being heavily influenced by Legalism) and dominated Chinese political philosophy.

India section:

In India, Arthashastra of Chanakya was written in 3rd century B.C. which is noted as one of the earliest political science work in India. The Arthashastra is a treatise of political thought which discusses international relations, war strategies, and fiscal policies in addition to other subjects.

Looking back at the predecessors of ancient India’s politics leads to three of the four Vedas of Hinduism, as well as the Mahabharata and Pali Canon. The works from the Vedas include the Rigveda, Samhitas, and Bramanas. Approximately two hundred years after Chanakya’s time, the Manusmriti was published, becoming another essential political treatise for India at the time.

Ancient Western Section:
Political philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle began to analyze political thought in a way that placed more significance on the scientific aspect of political science, which was contrary to how it was portrayed by the Greek philosophers that came before them. Prior to Plato, the main commentary on politics came from poets, historians of the day, and famous playwrights of the day. During the most prosperous time for the Roman Empire there were both men documenting the history as it happened with their own point of view, but also men who were implementing the politics of the day and influencing the history as it happened. Some of the main historians included Polybius, Livy and Plutarch. These men focused not only on documenting the rise of the Roman Empire, but also on the rise and fall of other nations. The men implementing the political policies they saw fit includes leaders such as Julius Caesar and Cicero. While Caesar was a dictator, he did carry out reforms that would go on to benefit the people. (I WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE THIS CITATION AND FIND A MORE DETAILED ACCOUNT BUT FOR NOW THIS IS WHAT INFO IS BASED ON). At that point in time, political science was the process of understanding the impact of governing bodies and how rulers chose to enforce laws, as well as the history of specific countries as a whole.

PEER REVIEW BY Lmefford (talk) 15:48, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
''Ancient China was home to several competing schools of political thought, most of which arose in the Spring and Autumn period. These included Mohism (a utilitarian philosophy), Taoism, Legalism (a school of thought based on the supremacy of the state), and Confucianism. Eventually, a modified form of Confucianism (heavily infused with elements of Legalism) became the dominant political philosophy in China during the Imperial Period. This form of Confucianism also deeply influenced and were expounded upon by scholars in Korea and Japan.''

''Despite common belief, Confucianism (also known as Ruism) and Taoism are not religions. These political philosophies, in addition to Legalism and Mohism, originated from Ancient China during the Spring and Autumn period. This period in China's history was a Golden Age of Chinese philosophy, as it gave way to many different ideas which were discussed freely. These four political philosophies are part of the six classical schools of thought in Chinese philosophy as determined by Sima Tan. During the Imperial Period, Confucianism modified with the times (being heavily influenced by Legalism) and dominated Chinese political philosophy.[1]''

Modern scholarship has rapidly developed in the 21st century.[18] Since 1995 The Journal of Chinese Political Science (JCPS) has been a refereed academic journal that publishes theoretical, policy, and empirical research articles on Chinese topics.[19]

After an initial read this seems to be a thorough expansion on the section of China, however some questions for clarity I have is: How do you plan on integrating it with the main China paragraph already present? Do you plan on blending it with the mainline china article or is it going to be a separate paragraph? One recommendation I have is to copy a portion of your article such as that included with this review to your sandbox so you can accurately show how this information is going to be included in the particular section you are working on. I personally have found this to be quite helpful for determining proper sentence integration and syntax structures.

Also I have been told of the current citation issue with you article, so I understand that you are trying to expand the citations in order to accurately keep and curate the current information present in the mainline article as a whole.

One other suggestion I have is to change the capitalization in the title to match: History of Political Science,  instead of the current: History of political science.

Outside of that I do not have any other recommendations at this time. Best of Luck! Lmefford (talk) 15:44, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

Other sources here include (potentially):

Allen Carlson, Mary Gallager, Kenneth Lieberthal and Melanie Manion, Chinese Politics: New Sources, Methods, and Field Strategies (Cambridge, 2010)

Sujian Guo, ed. (2013). Political Science and Chinese Political Studies: The State of the Field. Springer. ISBN 978-3642295904.

Response to Peer Review
Thank you for your suggestions. The main thing I believe we failed to explain is that we are doing most of our draft in a google doc, so your suggestion of copying sections that we are editing is being utilized. We are currently planning on rewriting the entire China paragraph that is included in our article due to it being plagiarized, but we have yet to finish the section so that we can replace the plagiarized information. I will definitely take your advice on changing the capitalization on the article title as well, thank you for bringing that to my attention. Another thing to clarify is that we are currently working on expanding multiple sections, and not just the China section so there will be a sufficient amount of content added to the article as a whole.

Response to Peer Review Pt. 2
As Emily said, we're rewriting everything in the sections we've agreed to edit (we mentioned the plagiarism situation in the talk page so someone else can take care of the rest).Thus we will not be worrying about blending our additions in with the present information, at least in the sections we are focusing on editing. The focus will more so be on paraphrasing the existing information and improving on it. I guess I should note I fixed the citation, check my sandbox to see her beauty. I also think changing the article title's capitalization is a good idea, as it has bothered me too and fixing this would add to the article's credibility. However, I am not sure how to edit the title so we should figure that out if we can even do it.