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This book examines recent developments in political science research. What
are the new influences to which the discipline opens itself up? Is political
science research converging towards a single model or splitting into different
streams? What are the new challenges at the beginning of the 21st century? By
addressing these questions, this collection of essays discusses three
interrelated topics: the relationship between political science and the
problems of politics, the relationship between political science and other
fields of research, and the transformation of the profession. In so doing, this
volume traces the major trends in contemporary political science research
since the end of the Cold War.
As part of this approach, the authors rely on the academic journals as a field
of investigation. Each of the eight chapters focuses on a different journal,
including the American Political Science Review, West European Politics, the
British Political Science Review, Security Dialogue, the Journal of Common
Market Studies, International Security, Electoral Studies and the Revue
française de science politique.
The book is intended to scholars with an interest in the historiography of
political science, the epistemology of knowledge, the sociology of the
profession as well as the evolution of the field in terms of research agendas,
theoretical approaches and methodological debates.
