ABSTRACT
Political scientists are distinguished from historians by how they approach their subject: they do not mean the same thing when they talk of international relations. Political scientists are also distinguishable from historians by their perspective on the past. The difference in perspective between historians and political scientists leads to a different test for significance. One can differentiate political scientists from historians most clearly, therefore, by the manner in which they present their evidence: the particular for each bears a different relationship to the general. The historian's single example may be more representative than the political scientist's cluster. Political scientists and historians live by different ideas about time. Historians troubled by the political scientists' notion of history are even more troubled by their notion of science. The historian who ventures into the world of political science joins Alice on her adventures in Wonderland.
