scholarly journals The Politics of Political Science

Civilizar ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (39) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Fernando Martínez Vallejo
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Latin American

ReseñaTítulo: The Politics of Political Science: Re-Writing Latin American ExperiencesAutor: Paulo RaveccaAño de publicación: 2019Edición: PrimeraPáginas: 292ISBN: 978 0815363088Editorial: Routledge   La Política de la Ciencia Política de Paulo Ravecca ofrece un magnífico análisis sobre varios puntos fundamentales dentro de la institucionalización de la ciencia política y su epistemología. El libro de Ravecca es, en esencia, novedoso tanto en los temas que aborda como en su aproximación metodológica: un análisis comparado que triangula con investigación autoetnográfica, una forma poco convencional en la investigación social.

From Sociological Interpretation to Political Science

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-61
Author(s):  
Fernando Barrientos Del Monte
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Latin American ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Sciences ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Siglo Xix ◽  
America Latina ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
American Political Science ◽  
Sociological Interpretation

From the end of the nineteenth century until well into the 1980s, one spoke of the “political sciences” (in the plural), a concept that included all the disciplines that analyzed political phenomena. “Sociological interpretation” began in the 1960s as a model of social science meant to provide both criticism and direction regarding development policies. Rodolfo Stavenhagen’s 1965 “Seven Erroneous Theses about Latin America” is an example of the role played by the political sciences at the time. Given the development of contemporary political science, which seeks dependent and independent variables and mid-range theories and bases its claims on empirical information, the question arises what Latin American political science can (re) learn from the interpretive model employed 50 years ago. Desde finales del siglo XIX y todavía en los años ochenta del siglo XX se hablaba de “ciencias políticas” (en plural), concepto en el cual se incluían todas aquellas disciplinas que analizaban los fenómenos políticos. La “interpretación sociológica” se erigió en la década de los años sesenta como un modelo de ciencia social que formulaba críticas pero también orientaba políticas de desarrollo. “Siete tesis equivocadas sobre América Latina” (1965) de Rodolfo Stavenhagen es un ejemplo del ejercicio de las ciencias políticas de la época. A la luz del desarrollo de la ciencia política contemporánea, que busca variables dependientes e independientes y teorías de alcance medio y funda sus afirmaciones a partir de información empírica, se trata de responder a la pregunta qué puede (re)aprender la ciencia política latinoamericana del modelo interpretativo de hace cincuenta años.

The Military Institution Revisited: Some Notes on Corporatism and Military Rule in Latin America

1980 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 421-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Philip
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Major Change ◽  
Military Rule ◽  
Military Institution ◽  
The Military

Does political science advance or do fashions merely change? There can be no doubt that this past decade has seen a major change in the ways in which the nature of military rule in Latin America has been examined. To a large extent, this has been due to changes in the nature of Latin American governments themselves and, more particularly, to the emergence of the long term military-bureaucratic (sometimes called bureaucratic-authotitarian) government.

scholarly journals From Party Systems to Party Organizations: The Adaptation of Latin American Parties to Changing Environments

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Wills-Otero
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Party Systems ◽  
Internal Dynamics ◽  
Environmental Challenges ◽  
Party Organizations ◽  
Changing Environments ◽  
Different Types

The study of party systems and political parties is one of the largest subfields in political science. Classic studies in advanced democracies focused primarily on party systems and developed theories about the causes and consequences of different types of systems. In recent years, new academic work begun to differentiate parties within systems by understanding their organizational structure, their internal dynamics, the different ways in which they interact with their constituencies, and the strategies that they use to attract voters. Studies show that parties within the same system behave and react differently given their internal conditions. This article reviews three scholarly books that deal with this issue. The works analyze the internal dynamics of Latin American political parties and their capacity to respond and adapt their structures when environmental challenges take place.

scholarly journals Politólogos on the Run: Contrasting Paths to Internationalization of Southern Cone Political Scientists

2013 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flavia Freidenberg ◽  
Andrés Malamud
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Southern Cone ◽  
Doctoral Studies ◽  
Postgraduate Studies ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Work Abroad ◽  
American Political Science ◽  
Latin American Countries

AbstractPolitical scientists from the Southern Cone have enriched the discipline with pioneering work. Many of them went into exile for political reasons, and thus produced part of their work abroad. Although Latin American political science has professionalized since the 1980s, many scholars still emigrate for study and employment. Argentines most numerously seek academic careers abroad, while Brazil has many more domestic doctorates and returns home after doctoral studies abroad. Uruguayans emigrate in proportionally high numbers and tend to settle in Latin American countries, while the number of Chileans and Paraguayans abroad is minimal. These contrasting patterns are explained by reference to factors such as the availability of high-quality doctoral courses, financing for postgraduate studies, and the absorptive capacity of national academic markets. Paradoxically, the size and performance of the diasporas may increase rather than reduce the visibility and impact of national political science communities.

scholarly journals Gender Blindness in Latin American Political Science

2018 ◽  
pp. 50-66
Author(s):  
Flavia D. Freidenberg
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Editorial Boards ◽  
The Status ◽  
American Political Science ◽  
Status Of Women

This article reflects about the weight women have had in the field of Political Science in and about Latin America during the last decade. This text not only describes and analyzes the existing gender gap in compared research about Latin America, but also it focuses the attention in how the discipline as a profession is exercised. The main objective of this paper is to generate initial reflections about of the status of women in the discipline in Latin America as well as how we do research, what we teach and what we publish (and with whom) in the discipline. The women are underrepresented in Political Science meetings, syllabi, and editorial boards. This is done under the premise that Political Science is a gendered discipline that reproduces exclusionary views, beliefs, and practices and also operates under a certain level of “gender blindness”

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