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This book surveys the current state and recent development of political science in the post-communist countries of Central and Eastern European, from Albania and Armenia through Latvia and Lithuania to Slovenia and the Ukraine. Covering patterns of the discipline's institutionalization, achievements, and deficits in research and teaching, it comprises twenty country reports, three comparative overviews, and a chapter on the European Confederation of Political Science Associations. The twenty detailed and comparable country reports include: Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, and Ukraine. The three comparative overviews include: Political Science and Regime Change in East-Central Europe from the 20th to the 21st Century; Analytical and Normative Elements in Political Science Approaches: Is there a Specific Central-East European Pattern?; and Political Science Associations in East-Central Europe: How Important, How Much International Cooperation? The book also includes tables on political science faculty and sub-fields taught at both state and private universities. Additionally, the book covers: institutionalization of the discipline, achievements, deficits, prevailing approaches, the funding of research in the discipline's sub-fields, curricula, admission regulation, the degree system in political science teaching, national representation and international cooperation, major journals and published books, political science associations, international links, the public impact of the discipline, the labor market, challenges, and opportunities.
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This book analyzes the developments in European political science. Drawing upon extensive original research, there are two major advantages to this study. First, the book focuses on the most recent developments in four different Central European countries - the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia - thus allowing for more in-depth research than usual. Second, it elaborates upon the issues that significantly go beyond traditional accounts, paying serious attention, not only to research and teaching elements, but also examining publication performances, international outreaches, and societal impacts that political science has in these four countries.
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