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 …

Despite Giovanni Sartori's famous warning, contemporary academia has seen a new bout of
conceptual stretching, as evident in the loose, expansive usage of terms such as coup and …

Participation in the public debate constitutes one of the most evident avenues for political
scientists to demonstrate the social relevance of the discipline. This article focuses on two …

Academics are often accused of being secluded in their “ivory towers”, focused on research
and teaching but uninterested in, or unable to engage with, the public debate. If this is …

This debate aims at discussing the broader social relevance of political science research, a
debate that has not yet taken place in Switzerland although it has been ongoing …

The emergence of the COVID-19 outbreak can be considered a potential driver of changes
not only in academic disciplines but also, as most observers underline, in the teaching …

Este artículo estudia la incorporación en España de politólogos a los medios de
comunicación a partir de la crisis de 2008, el rol que juegan en la actualidad y la percepción …

The idea that political science should be socially relevant has always been present during
the development of the discipline (Easton, 1969; Ricci, 1984). Producing knowledge that is …

Este artículo examina el desarrollo reciente (2010-2022) de la ciencia política en Uruguay.
A partir de fuentes secundarias y análisis de contenido de documentos, se describen las …

Since the early 1980s, political science in Spain has undergone a process of development
and institutionalization as an academic discipline. Several studies have analysed this …