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...Lipset or Huntington know thedifference between a fact, the perception of afact, an opinion, and what is neither? The abovesentence occurs on a page speckled with footnotes,which make it appear as if this particular opinionis rooted in scholarship. But all the footnotesdocument is the statement: "In 1960, a prevalentopinion in Western society was that thefundamental political problems of the industrialrevolution have been solved." Lipset is a pastpresident of the APSA, and is a member of the NAS.Is Lipset a "scientist?" If not, what is he doingin the National Academy of Sciences? And whatwould S.P. Huntington be doing...
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