THE CHALLENGE OF POLICY SCIENCES.

The present politics of political science being as they are, the idea of promoting the application of political science to important policy problems seems to need little justification. Application of science requires more than advocacy of predetermined positions with the help of scientific terminology. Even a majority vote by political scientists in respect to a concrete policy issue perhaps important as an exercise of the democratic rights and duties of political scientists in their capacity as enlightened citizen cannot be regarded as "application of political science to important policy problems." When speaking about the application of political science to policy problems, it is essential to consider the time dimension. Adopting a short time perspective, the main mission is to help in identification of preferable solutions to presently pressing policy problems.