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Format: 1 online resource (288 pages) : , illustrations (black and white).

ISBN: 3-030-79054-1

Content: 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.

Note: Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction: The Then and Now of Political Science Institutionalisation in Europe-A Research Agenda and Its Endeavour -- 1 ProSEPS and the Working Group on the State of Political Science in Europe -- 2 Understanding the Institutionalisation of Political Science in Europe's 'Periphery' -- 3 Plan of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2: The Institutionalisation of Political Science in ECE: The Grounding of Theory -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Approaching the Institutionalisation Concept -- 2.1 The Dilemma: Process and Property -- 2.2 The Context: Structures, Norms and Agents -- 3 Institutionalisation-Properties, Indicators and Measures -- 3.1 Stability -- 3.2 Identity -- 3.3 Autonomy -- 3.4 Reproduction -- 3.5 Legitimacy -- 4 Theory and the Selected Country Cases -- References -- Chapter 3: From Scientific Communism to Political Science: The Development of the Profession in Selected Former Soviet European States -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Soviet Period: The Ideological and Intellectual Trajectories of Political Science -- 3 The Organizational Units of PS as an Academic Discipline -- 4 Political Science: An Independent Profession or Not? -- 5 Measuring the Autonomy of Political Science -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: The Institutionalisation of Political Science in Post-Yugoslav States: Continuities and New Beginnings -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Foundation and Development of Political Science During the Communist Yugoslav Period, 1948-1990 -- 2.1 Conception of Political Science -- 2.2 The Building of the Discipline -- 3 The Institutionalisation of Political Science During the 1990-2020 Period: The Shift Towards Greater Divergence -- 3.1 Stability -- Institutions and Students -- Structural Reforms -- 3.2 Autonomy -- Hiring and Promotion -- New Subfields. , 4 Conclusion -- References -- Other References -- Chapter 5: Political Science in Central European Democracies Under Pressure -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Context of the Institutionalisation of Political Science in CEE -- 3 The Stability of Political Science in CEE: Virtually No Change or Weak Resilience? -- 3.1 Higher Educational Institutions in the Field of Political Science: A Review of Institutional Trends Over Time -- 3.2 Students of Political Science: From an Explosion in Numbers to Their Recent Decline -- 4 Political Science: A Discipline Under Pressure? -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Primary Sources -- Chapter 6: The Institutionalization of Political Science in Small States: A Comparative Analysis of Estonia, Iceland, Malta, and Slovenia -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Political Science and Higher Education in Relation to Size -- 3 Key Aspects of the Institutionalization of Political Science in Small States: Stability and Internationalization -- 4 Country Profiles -- 5 Analysis -- 5.1 Stability -- 5.2 Internationalization -- 6 Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: The Bumpy Road to Relevance: Croatia, Hungary and Lithuania in Perspective -- 1 Introduction: Our Questions and Cases -- 2 Variations: West and East -- 2.1 Seeking Identities -- 2.2 Legitimacy in Question -- 3 Relevance: Concepts, Evidence and Attitudes -- 3.1 Knowledge Provision -- 3.2 Publication Performance -- 3.3 Active Social Presence -- 3.4 Practical Impact -- 4 Towards Relevance? -- References -- Chapter 8: The Adaptation of New Countries to Existing (Old) Institutional Frameworks -- 1 In Search of European Political Science -- 2 The Institutionalisation of Political Science in Western Europe: The Role of International Political Science Organisations -- 3 Indicators of the State of Political Science in Europe. , 4 The State of Political Science in Central and Eastern Europe -- 5 The Fragmented Field as an Obstacle to the Adaptation of New Countries to the Existing (Old) Institutional Frameworks -- 6 Is it Possible to Identify a Common Interest of European Political Science? -- References -- Websites -- Chapter 9: Conclusion: A Discipline Viewed from the Fringes-Opportunities Taken and the Risk of Deinstitutionalisation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Political Science's Institutionalisation -- 2.1 Political Science as a Specific Field -- 2.2 Institutionalisation as a Specific Challenge for Political Science -- 3 Political Science on the European Fringes: Seizing Opportunities -- 4 Political Science from the 'Great Recession' to Democratic Alteration: The Perils of Deinstitutionalisation -- 4.1 Grasping Deinstitutionalisation -- 4.2 Functional Pressures: The Lack of Financial Resources -- 4.3 Policy and Political Pressures: Why Political Science? -- 5 Conclusion -- References. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 3-030-79053-3

Language: English