American Political Thought and American Political Development.

With the recent popularity of American Political Development (APD) as a subfield of Political Science, there has been a resurgence of interest in ideology and American political thought among numerous scholars. However, the accepted place or role of the study of American political thought in APD is uncertain. This paper will examine the status of the study of political thought in the subfield of APD, discuss what contribution it might have to this growing subfield, and explore possible tensions between the study of political ideas and ideology and the study of history and institutions so fundamental to APD. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]