The Fate of Political Scientists in Europe

This open access book offers a systematic survey of the attitudes and values of European political scientists. It builds a structural interpretation based on empirical data, as well as offering reflections on the future structure of the discipline. In the middle of a delicate phase of changes marked by the effects of pandemic and the war in Ukraine, we need to pay attention to the factors that are affecting not only the 'objects' of Political Science as a discipline but also its interactions with the world around it. First, this book asks to what extent the work of European political scientists is impacted by the current change. Second, their attitudes and predisposition about the future goals of the discipline are analysed. In the final chapter, the authors seek to understand to what extent a diffuse but still not completely institutionalized academic discipline will be able to produce a comprehensive impact around the European society, in order to be more visible and effective in policy making and policy processes.

This book is open access, which means you have free and unlimited access Defines the boundaries of the discipline and the scope of Political Scientists' work Asks why European Political Science continues to be seen as less scientific than other empirical social sciences Addresses the issue of how to evaluate the impact of Political Science as compared to e.g. Sociology and Psychology

Autorentext
Giliberto Capano is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Bologna, Italy.

Luca Verzichelli is Professor of Political Science at the University of Siena, Italy.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. European political science: the magnitude, heterogeneity and relevance of a divided discipline.- 2. The legacies. Explaining the richness and heterogeneity of European political science.- 3. The current scenario. Mapping fragmentation and transformation in European political science.- 4. The future of European Political Science.