scholarly journals Academic Absences, Disciplinary Siloes and Methodological Prejudices within the Political Science Discipline in Canada

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Joanna Everitt
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
The Political ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Science Discipline ◽  
The Past ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Attention To Diversity ◽  
Recent Attention

Abstract Canadian political science has changed over the past 50 years; however, these changes have come slowly and lag behind larger societal demographic transformations. While early attention to diversity concentrated on the place of women within the discipline, more recent attention focuses on the presence of Black, Indigenous and other political scientists of colour. Accompanying a diversification of personnel has been a broadening of the substantive focus of our research, as well as an expansion in the epistemological and methodological approaches applied to the study of politics. Yet despite these adaptations, the study of political science in Canada remains siloed and often exclusionary, challenging our ability to train the next generation of scholars to be capable of addressing the issues facing a world that is increasingly complex and diverse.

The Political Science Discipline in Argentina: The Political Scientist's National Association's Role

2009 ◽  
Vol 42 (03) ◽  
pp. 616-618
Author(s):  
Diego Mazzoccone ◽  
Mariano Mosquera ◽  
Silvana Espejo ◽  
Mariana Fancio ◽  
Gabriela Gonzalez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Political Thought ◽  
Scientific Method ◽  
The Political ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Science Discipline ◽  
The Social ◽  
The One

It is very difficult to date the birth of political science in Argentina. Unlike other discipline of the social sciences, in Argentina the first distinction can be made between political thought on the one hand, and political science in another. The debate over political thought—as the reflection of different political questions—emerged in our country in the nineteenth century, especially during the process of constructing the Argentine nation-state. Conversely, political science is defined in a general way as the application of the scientific method to the studies on the power of the state (Fernández 2001).

Aging in Canada: The Challenge to Political Science

1984 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-61
Author(s):  
Henry J. Pratt
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
The Political ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
The Past ◽  
Governmental Institutions ◽  
Public Money ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Positive Character

ABSTRACTThe political science discipline has been decidedly under-represented in the emergence of Canadian social gerontology over the past two decades. This is rather surprising, considering that political and governmental institutions—always a primary focus of political science attention—have played a critical role in allocating social values toward elderly persons, and that relatively large sums of public money are spent on aging programs. The discipline's relative absence in gerontological studies is explainable partly in terms of forces long at work within political science, and partly on the basis of ones external to it—all of which for some years combined to discourage work on this topic. Very recently, however, the negative influences have weakened to some degree, while new factors of a positive character have entered the picture. As a result, it is possible to offer a guardedly optimistic estimate of the potential for political science to become more involved and more committed than heretofore.

scholarly journals A Ciência Política e a Crise da Democracia

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 69-86
Author(s):  
Pedro Fonseca ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
The Political ◽  
The West ◽  
Global Crisis ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Science Discipline ◽  
Western Democracies

The paper explores the connections between Political Science and democracy facing the current global crisis of democracy. At a time when it is required that Political Science take the lead in the research about the crisis of democracy, focusing on its causes and consequences, the paper developed three main and interrelated arguments. First, since that democracy was crucial for the birth, autonomy, and evolution of Political Science in Western countries, the paper argues that this favoured the development of a normative research agenda committed with democracy and its promotion. Secondly, it is argued that this research agenda largely downplayed the risk of a weakening of democracy or even the possibility of a democratic retreat in the Western democracies. Thirdly, the paper argues that the deepening of the crisis of democracy in several Western countries, until recently classified as consolidated democracies, may threaten the Political Science discipline profile developed in the West over several decades. Consequently, this fact also helps to understand the difficulty in conceiving a political science neutral and normatively uncommitted with democracy.

What is New About the ‘Interpretive Turn’ and Why Does it Matter?

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. W. Rhodes
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Tradition ◽  
Science Discipline ◽  
Puzzle Solving ◽  
Interpretive Approach ◽  
The Future ◽  
Interpretive Turn

This chapter summarizes what is new or edifying about the interpretive turn, and why this approach matters. It restates the case for drawing on the genres of thought and presentation common in the humanities, making the bold, contentious claim that the interpretive approach encourages creativity because puzzle-solving encourages imagination, even intuition, and a search for new connections. It replies to some of the more common criticisms of the interpretive approach, revisiting the claims that the author caricatures the political science discipline in Britain; accords too much importance to agency and not enough to structure; ignores the dominant political tradition in Britain; and omits institutions. Finally, it looks at the future of interpretivism in political science, focusing on the aesthetics of political science; and the importance of a tradition of scholarship free from the demands of relevance and impact. It argues that empathy, enabling conversations and edification, are equally worthy goals.

scholarly journals ‘Moving in concentric circles’? The history and politics of press inquiries

Legal Studies ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 248-278
Author(s):  
Michael Harker ◽  
John Street ◽  
Samuel Cross
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
The Political ◽  
Science Literature ◽  
Policy Cycle ◽  
The Past ◽  
Narrative Device ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of ◽  
Concentric Circles

In this paper, we consider the Leveson inquiry's use of a narrative device – the policy cycle – to justify the need for a break with the past. We challenge that narrative, which runs through much of the literature, and posit a more nuanced and complex account of the politics and history of press inquiries, drawing upon the political science literature. We then reflect upon the implications of our findings for the future of press regulation.

Political Science and Prevision

1965 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bertrand de Jouvenel
Keyword(s):  
Game Theory ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Political Power ◽  
The Political ◽  
Present Moment ◽  
Political Scientist ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
States Of Nature

The political scientist is a teacher of public men in the making, and an adviser of public men in activity; “public men,” that is, men who are taught, invited or assumed to feel some responsibility for the exercise of political power; “political power,” that is, concentrated means of affecting the future.Obviously we can not affect the past, or that present moment which is now passing away, but only what is not yet: the future alone is sensitive to our actions, voluntary if aimed at a pictured outcome, rational if apt to cause it, prudently conceived if we take into account circumstances outside our control (known to decision theorists as “states of nature”), and the conflicting moves of others (known in game theory as opponents' play). A result placed in the future, conditions intervening in the future, need we say more to stress that decisions are taken “with an eye to the future,” in other terms, with foresight?

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