pologists, biologists or mathematicians, funding agencies send signals about the relative value of competing scientific agendas. Should such agencies fund political science research? This question is particularly relevant for the National Science Foundation. People in and around NSF offer varying opinions about the value of political science research. A recent memo by APSA President Matthew Holden (1999) characterizes the situation.
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