“…At the same time, it is earthed by an abiding concern to analyse and understand the realities of contemporary social life. Directly or indirectly, Partridge's sense of political science can be seen to have touched the perspective of his younger contemporaries like Davies, Encel and Mayer (Davies 1958;Encel 1960Encel , 1962Encel , 1999Kamenka 1989;Mayer 1956Mayer , 1958Mayer , 1989Rigby 1985;Rydon 1985Rydon , 1998Walter 1999, 24-5). The idea that this synthetic skill could be passed on to political science students in their fourth year Honours may have been just a little ambitious on Partridge's part (see Beddie 1958).…”