Opportunities and Challenges for New and Peripheral Political Science Communities: A Consolidated Discipline?

ISBN-13: 9783030790561 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 252 str.

Gabriella Ilonszki; Christophe Roux

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Formation and Aims of the Book, COST and WG1, Gabriella Ilonszki and Christophe Roux

Chapter 2 Institutionalisation of political science in East Central Europe: Connecting Theory to the Ground, Gabriella Ilonszki

Chapter 3 Continuities and New Beginnings in the Post-Yugoslav States, Davor Boban, Ivan Stanojevic, Simona Kukovic

Chapter 4 Political Science in Central European Democracies under Pressure, Darina Malova, Aneta Vilagi, Dobrinka Kostova

Chapter 5 Is small beautiful? Institutionalization of Political Science in small states, Eva Marín Hlynsdóttir, Irmina Matonyte Chapter 6 From Scientific Communism to Political Science: Development of the Profession in the Post-Soviet States, Dangis Gudelis, Irmina Matonyte, Serghei Sprincean, Tatsiana Chulitskaya

Chapter 7 On the Way to Relevance: At the crossroads of recognition and performance, Gabriella Ilonszki, Davor Boban, Dangis Gudelis

Chapter 8 Adjusting of New Countries into Existing (Old) Institutional Frameworks, Erkki BerndstonChapter 9 Conclusion: Political Science Between Opportunities and Challenges, Christophe Roux

O autorze

Gabriella Ilonszki is Professor Emerita of Political Science at Corvinus University Budapest, Hungary.

Christophe Roux is Professor of Political Science at the University of Montpellier, France.

Blurb

“The volume demonstrates that political science on the European fringes has seized opportunities and shown a remarkable development. On the other hand, perils of deinstitutionalization mainly caused by lack of resources and democratic backsliding may darken the discipline’s future. It is a must read for all those interested in political science as a discipline and for policy-makers as well.”            

⁠—Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Emeritus Professor, Berlin Social Science Centre, Germany    

“As Gabriel Almond famously noted, political science has always been a discipline divided into a great variety of schools and sects. This volume brings a perspective on this perennial theme which is as fresh as it is fascinating. What this reveals is the essential fragility of the discipline due to its power-challenging foundations - an insight which is of increasing significance for the discipline in all parts of the world.”

⁠—Matthew Flinders, Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield, UK 

"This volume shows how the autonomous status reached by political science in the analysed countries cannot be guaranteed against persistent threats and significant risks of de-institutionalization. A book that deserves to be read by all those who have at heart both the future of the discipline and the quality of democracy.”  

⁠—Giliberto Capano, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, University of Bologna, Italy 

This open access book offers an updated examination of the institutionalisation of political science in sixteen latecomer or peripheral countries in Europe. Its main theme is how political science as a science of democracy is influenced and how it responds to the challenges of the new millennium. The chapters, built upon a common theoretical framework of institutionalisation, are evidence-based and comparative. Overall, the book diagnoses diversity among the country cases due to their take-off points and varied political and economic trajectories. 

Gabriella Ilonszki is Professor Emerita of Political Science at Corvinus University Budapest, Hungary.

Christophe Roux is Professor of Political Science at the University of Montpellier, France.