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A Political Scientist Accepts Ambiguity and Loses Control: My Experience inside the Legislative Process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2005

Karl G. Trautman
Karl G. Trautman
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Central Maine Community College
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I am a strong believer in using praxis as an educational tool (Jentleson 1990, 435–6). Even though I have taught college political science most of my adult life, I had always been periodically directly involved with politics. In 1997, I received an opportunity to deepen my commitment to praxis when I accepted a position as a policy analyst with the Democratic caucus of the Michigan State Senate. The following is a brief account of my experiences from November 1997 until August 2001.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 38 , Issue 2 , April 2005 , pp. 269 - 272
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© 2005 by the American Political Science Association

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