Further on Down the Road, Blurring Genres

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. W. Rhodes
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Richard Rorty ◽  
Policy Networks ◽  
The Political ◽  
British Government ◽  
Politics And Government ◽  
The Road ◽  
Interpretive Approach

Chapter 1 is a short biographical exercise describing the author’s journey from policy networks and governance (see Volume I) to the interpretive turn and ethnography. It tells the story of how the author sought to work out the implications of anti-foundational philosophy for the study of politics, especially British government and public administration. It also introduces the notion of blurring genres or drawing on the genres of thought and presentation common in the humanities. The chapter argues, following Richard Rorty, that an interpretive approach grounded in observational fieldwork is about edification—a way of finding new, better, more interesting, fruitful ways of speaking about politics and government (Rorty 1980: 360). The author believes an interpretive approach provides a new and better way of speaking about political science and public administration. The author is also convinced that observation continues to be an underused but vital part of the political scientists’ toolkit.

scholarly journals The evolution of nonlinear dynamics in political science and public administration: Methods, modeling and momentum

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 265-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Douglas Kiel
Keyword(s):  
Nonlinear Dynamics ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
The Political ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamical ◽  
Current State ◽  
Administration Methods

This paper examines the evolution of the application of nonlinear dynamics and related methods to the study of political science and public administration throughout the 20th century. Some analysts understood the importance of nonlinearity to political and administrative studies in the early part of the century. More recently, a growing number of scholars understand that the political and administrative worlds are ripe with nonlinearity and thus amenable to nonlinear dynamical techniques and models. The current state of the application of both discrete and continuous time models in political science and public administration are presented. There is growing momentum in political and public administration studies that may serve to enhance the realism and applicability of these sciences to a nonlinear world.

scholarly journals Artificial Intelligence in Politics, Media and Public Administration: Reflections on the Thematic Portfolio

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-9
Author(s):  
Sergey Fedorchenko
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
Intelligent Systems ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Scientific Discourse ◽  
Political Regime ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
The Political

The issue «Artificial Intelligence in the Sphere of Politics, Media Space and Public Administration» was conceived after updating the topic of artificial intelligence in the socio-political and value sphere at several scientific events organized by the Department of History, Political Science and Law of Moscow Region State University: Scientific and Public Forum «Values and artificial intelligence» (10.11.2019) and the round table «Ethics and artificial intelligence» (04.16.2019). This issue includes works devoted to the issues of the practice of artificial intelligence in public administration, public policy and other fields. The authors also touched on the nuances of scientific discourse and futorology. The compiler of the issue is Candidate of Political Sciences, associate professor Fedorchenko Sergey Nikolaevich. Artificial intelligence technologies are a pretty debatable topic. Artificial intelligence technologies are a pretty debatable topic. Currently, political leaders, scientists and members of the public are actively discussing the problems of artificial intelligence related to the following aspects: new opportunities for political communication; media policy, mediation of the political sphere; axiological policy; social networks, bots; government departments; opportunities and limitations of new technologies in political analysis; the importance of intelligent systems for democracy and democratic procedures; threats of cyber autocracy; legitimacy of the political regime and national security; political values, political propaganda, frames, political myths, stereotypes, «soft power», «smart power»; digital diplomacy; the risks of media manipulation, information wars, the formation of a political agenda; experience of using intelligent systems in the organization of high-quality communication between society and the state. The theme of the issue is extremely relevant for modern academic political science. artificial intelligence, digitalization, political science, scientific discourse, futorology, state, democracy, manipulation, political communications. The issue is aimed at specialists, political scientists, graduate students and all those who are interested in this difficult issue in an interdisciplinary manner.

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.

Interpretive Political Science

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. W. Rhodes
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Applied Anthropology ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Civil Service Reform ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Interpretive Approach ◽  
Summary Statement ◽  
Science Part ◽  
Interpretive Turn

This collection of essays is Volume II in a retrospective of previous publications. It looks forward and explores the ‘interpretive turn’ and its implications for the craft of political science, especially public administration. It draws together articles from 2005 onwards on the theme of ‘the interpretive turn’ in political science. Part I provides a summary statement of the interpretive approach. It provides the context for what follows. Part II develops the theme of blurring genres. It discusses a variety of research methods common in the humanities, including: ethnographic fieldwork, life history, and focus groups. Part III shows how the genres of thought and presentation found in the humanities can be used in political science. It presents four examples of such blurring ‘at work’ with studies of: applied anthropology and civil service reform; women’s studies and government departments; storytelling and local knowledge; and area studies and comparing Westminster governments. The book concludes with a summary of what is edifying about an interpretive approach, and why this approach matters. It revisits some of the more common criticisms before indulging in plausible conjectures about the future of interpretivism. The author’s main concern is to make the case for an interpretive approach by showing how it refreshes old topics and opens new empirical topics. The author seeks new and interesting ways to explore governance, high politics, public policies, and the study of public administration in general. So, the emphasis is on methods, and providing several examples of the approach ‘at work’.

Public policy education in Turkey

2018 ◽  
pp. 271-288
Author(s):  
Mete Yıldız ◽  
Cenay Babaoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
The Political ◽  
Current State ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Education In Turkey ◽  
Over Time

This chapter examines the development and current state of public policy education in Turkey, based on the teaching of the subject in political science and public administration departments. The chapter analyses and explains the conditions under which public policy classes - among other relevant developments - have emerged and evolved over time, and the motivations of the faculty to introduce, develop and maintain public policy courses. To this end, studies on the teaching of public policy in the political science and public administration departments in Turkish universities at undergraduate and graduate levels are reviewed. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the current and future challenges facing public policy education in Turkey, and recommendations for addressing these challenges.

scholarly journals Understanding the political science student

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-43
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Candy Arceo ◽  
José Luis Dueñas Barrera ◽  
José Luis Incio Coronado
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
The Political ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Science Student ◽  
Model Profile ◽  
Initial Exploration

This investigation has been developed by four undergraduate political science students and is the result of several months of effort and dedication. The goal was to conduct a comparative analysis of the political science student. This paper does not pretend to be a completed work, but rather an initial exploration into the topic. For this study, we tried to build a model profile of the political science and public administration student taking into consideration three variables: political culture, or the students’ pre-existing idea about political science, motive, as the more idyllic aspect of the profession, responding to the question “why do I study political science?”, and expectations, understood as the direction and goals the student seeks in the field.

The Fourth Earl of Dorset and the Personal Rule of Charles I

1991 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Church And State ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
The Political ◽  
Politics And Government ◽  
Charles I ◽  
The Road ◽  
The Common ◽  
On The Road ◽  
Personal Rule ◽  
Privy Councillor

The assembly of the Long Parliament in November 1640 witnessed an outburst of passionate hostility toward recent royal policies in church and state. “The Common-wealth hath bin miserably torne and macerated,” declared Harbottle Grimston, “and all the proprieties and liberties shaken: the Church distracted, the Gospell and Professors of it persecuted, and the whole Kingdome over-run with multitudes and swarmes of projecting cater-wormes and caterpillars, the worst of all the Aegyptian plagues.” Yet, as Kevin Sharpe has recently reminded us, “to those on the road during the 1630s, the journey seemed far from a headlong rush towards conflict.” Sir Henry Wotton could write in 1633 that “we know not what a Rebel is; what a Plotter against the Common-weal: nor what that is, which Grammarian[s] call Treason: the names themselves are antiquated with the things.” To resolve this flat contradiction requires much further research into the politics and government of Charles I's Personal Rule. In particular, a clear picture of the political behavior, relationships, and attitudes of many public figures is still lacking. This article therefore presents a case study of one prominent individual: Edward Sackville, fourth earl of Dorset, privy councillor and lord chamberlain to Henrietta Maria. These offices gave Dorset an exceptional opportunity during the 1630s to “see more clearly into [the king's] intents and actions.” Moreover, both official sources and personal correspondence should reveal his activities during the Personal Rule and his attitudes toward it. What follows will examine in turn Dorset's duties as the queen's lord chamberlain, the political influence that this office conferred, his work as a privy councillor, his relations with various factions, and his private opinions of the regime and of Charles I and Henrietta Maria.

The demand for ‘critical research’ in a competitive authoritarian regime: think tanks in Mozambique

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
William R. Nylen
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Authoritarian Regimes ◽  
Think Tanks ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
The Political ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Critical Research ◽  
Sociology Departments

AbstractThink tanks in competitive authoritarian regimes are implicitly if not explicitly oppositional, producing and disseminating research critical of government policies and elite behaviour. Existing literature asks how and why such think tanks emerge and survive, and if they exercise real influence. This paper asks if anyone actually reads their critical research. Focusing on two cases in Mozambique – theInstituto de Estudos Sociais e Económicos(IESE) and theCentro de Integridade Pública(CIP) – three original data sets are examined: (1) citations in the bibliographies of end-of-programme theses of undergraduates in the political science, public administration, economics, and/or sociology departments of two of Mozambique's most important universities; (2) websites and Facebook activities – visits, downloads, etc.; and (3) citations in academic journals that publish on Africa. Findings show evolving demand for these think tanks’ research, suggesting their growing status within Mozambique and, by implication, within civil societies of similar competitive authoritarian regimes.

scholarly journals PROBLEMS OF THE STATE SYSTEM AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN THE POLITICAL AND LEGAL HERITAGE OF PLATO

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
Anatolii Pavko
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Political Development ◽  
The State ◽  
State System ◽  
Inductive Method ◽  
The Political ◽  
Science Literature ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Effective Models

The purpose of this article is, based on the diverse political and legal heritage of the famous ancient Greek thinker and public figure Plato, domestic and foreign philosophical and political science literature, to reveal the methodological and conceptual approaches of the scientist to deep, creative understanding and solution of theoretical and practical problems of the state system and public administration and to show its significance for the development of modern effective models and forms of state formation in Ukraine. For two and a half thousand years, which separate us from the life and fruitful work of the great philosopher of ancient Greece, political science and the science of public administration have made significant adjustments to the Platonic model of the state, however, the urgent issues of the socio-political development of the Greek polis-states, the essence and meaning of which Plato pondered, are important, first of all, in the theoretical-methodological and ideological sense for modern researchers. The study used a set of logical methods (analysis, synthesis, inductive method), as well as general scientific approaches such as historical- genetic, dialectical, systemic-structural, biographical. The article provides a constructive and critical analysis of philosophical and political works of Plato, domestic and foreign socio-humanitarian literature on this issue, reveals the essence, components and features of the political concept of state system and public administration, which was formulated and comprehensively substantiated by the ancient Greek thinker. Its historical role, methodological and ideological significance for the modern state-building process in Ukraine are convincingly shown.

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