Political Science in Motion

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18 January 2016

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INTRODUCTION. – Toward a More Eclectic, Pluralist and Cosmopolitan Political Science?
      | Ramona COMAN and Jean-Frédéric MORIN

1. Politics, pluridisciplinarity and professionalization
    1.1. Three challenges over the history of political science
    1.2. Towards eclecticism, pluralism and cosmopolitanism?
2. Investigating scholarly journals
    2.1. The benefits of exploring a discipline through its journals
    2.2. Limitations in the study of scholarly journals
3. Content and orientation of this book

CHAPTER 1. – 30 Years of West European Politics: And The Winner Is… | Clément JADOT

Introduction
1. Unlocking comparative politics through the use of keywords
2. Issues that count: West European Politics through the prism of content analysis
    2.1. 1978-1987: WEP’s positioning between the one and the many
    2.2. 1988-1997: WEP’s tardy look at the EU
    2.3. 1998-2007: Forging ahead
    2.4. 1978-2008: West European Politics, from “splendide isolement” to ongoing
            internationalization
3. From content to challenges: questioning the core values of European comparative politics
    3.1. Political parties in the 21^st century: old dogs, new tricks?
    3.2. West European Politics opening up: one step at a time
Conclusion

CHAPTER 2. – Assessing Party Research Decline: A View from the British Journal of
      Political Science | Caroline CLOSE

Introduction
1. Data and methods
2. Assessing the decline in party research: a view from the British Journal of Political Science
    2.1. General perspectives
    2.2. The three faces of parties
3. Is party research in decline?

CHAPTER 3. – Context Sensitivity and Biases in Political Science: the Case of Economic Voting
      Studies in the Journal Electoral Studies | Lidia NÚÑEZ

Introduction
1. The impact of the context and its consequences
2. The method: systematic analysis and its advantages
3. The theory put to the test: economic voting
    3.1. Methodological notes
    3.2. Changes in treatment of the issue in the journal: an unbiased evolution?
    3.3. The big two
Conclusions

CHAPTER 4. – Toward the Inclusion of Political-Philosophical Articles in the Revue Française
      de Science Politique: Is a Return Possible? | Manuel CERVERA-MARZAL

Introduction
1. Methodological clarifications
2. Political philosophy in the RFSP: subject to fluctuating tendencies
3. A preference for liberal political philosophy?
4. The myth of ethnocentrism
Conclusion: back to the “glorious twenty” years of political philosophy in the RFSP

CHAPTER 5. – Elmer Recast: the Patchwork of EU Theories within the Journal of Common
      Market Studies | Camille KELBEL

Introduction
1. One train may conceal another: a theoretical framework to the study of theories
    1.1. European integration theories and their internal shifts: the EU
           as an international organization
    1.2. Comparative and governance approaches: the EU as an experiment in political
           science research
2. Methodology
    2.1. Research question and hypotheses
    2.2. Data collection
3. Analysis and findings
    3.1. Patchwork or mosaic?
    3.2. The state of the original elephant
Conclusion

CHAPTER 6. – International Security and the Evolution of Security Studies: Between Mutual
      Influence and Autonomy | Lorenzo ANGELINI

Introduction
1. Methodology and preliminary comments
2. International Security: who publishes?
3. International Security articles – between policy and theory
Conclusion

CHAPTER 7. – Security Dialogue on the Edge of International Security Studies: Uncovering a
      Process of Innovation | Krystel WANNEAU

Introduction
1. The editorial line: journals as the gatekeepers of a scientific field
    1.1. Blurred lines: journals, disciplines and the field
    1.2. A niche journal: identity, prestige and satisfaction
    1.3. A gatekeeper and social performer: the editorship of Security Dialogue
2. Theoretical framework and method of the longitudinal study: quantitative data
    for qualitative analysis
    2.1. Reflexive theoretical framework
    2.2. Data collection and coding
3. Results analysis
    3.1. Trends in the editorial line and the profusion of concepts
    3.2. Choices made: an implicit hierarchy amongst sectors?
    3.3. Qualitative interpretations: the journal as a research practice, field maturity and the
           widening and deepening of security
Conclusion

CHAPTER 8. – How the World Speaks about American Politics: A Political Sociology of the
      American Political Science Review | Marie-Catherine WAVREILLE

Introduction
1. Toward a merger of European and American political science?
2. American-based scholars dominate journal articles on American politics
3. A sociological profile: who are the non-Americans contributing to American politics?
    3.1. The 1980s: Olsen, Shamir, Opp, Kawato, Hibbs, Budge and Laver
    3.2. The 1990s: Lissowski, Zemsky, and Stark
    3.3. The 2000s: Jennings, King, Petrova, and Lauderdale
4. Analysis
    4.1. Professional socialization into US standards and norms
    4.2. “Under multiple skulls”: co-authoring as a norm among foreign-based authors
    4.3. American politics outside of the United States: the “No Man’s Land”
Concluding remarks

References

Contributors

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