ABSTRACT
The centennial issue of the American Political Science Review (Volume 100, November 2006) serves as a reminder that we political scientists, with rare exceptions, do not pay much theoretical or research attention to the organizations (as organizations!), that are the most immediately involved in the political process. Of the 20 most-often-cited articles discussed in that issue, only two (i.e., March and Olsen on organizational theory, and Polsby on institutionalization phenomena within Congress) would qualify as addressing the following question: how do the organizations that are most directly involved in the political process of any country actually operate, and why is this so?
