ABSTRACT
Political science as an independent academic discipline did not exist in Austria prior to 1963, when a United states (U. S) foundation advised by U. S. social scientists, established the Institute for Advanced Studies with an autonomous department of political science. Willam Johnston's and Carl Schorske's work contains many references to what can be called the Austrian impact on modern social sciences, including political science. Most of the established Austrian political scientists spent some part of their careers at U. S. universities, in many cases using the different Austrian programs in the United States. Political science's openness also had a methodological aspect. Economics, by far the best developed among social sciences in Austria, was—in its leading tradition—labelled "Jewish," and the most prominent Austrian economists became Americans. The dominant role American academicians had been prolonged due to the global dominance American social sciences enjoyed and still enjoy.
