Opportunities and challenges for new and peripheral political science communities : : a consolidated discipline? / / edited by Gabriella Ilonszki, Christophe Roux.

• TeilnehmendeR: Ilonszki, Gabriella.; Roux, Christophe.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2021.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022; 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 pages) :; illustrations (black and white).

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.

Table of Contents

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.