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Political science in the shadow of the state : research, relevance, deference /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Eisfeld, Rainer (Editor), Flinders, Matthew V. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Subjects:
Higher education and state.
Education, Higher > Political aspects.
Academic freedom.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Abbreviations
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • List of Boxes
  • 1 Understanding Scholarly Shifts-A Matter of Relevance
  • A Starting Point-Two Types of Research Relevance
  • A Matter of Relevance and Historical Matters
  • The Relevance of Political Science
  • References
  • Part I Foundations and Concepts
  • 2 Incentives for Impact: Relevance Regimes Through a Cross-National Perspective
  • Theory
  • Methods
  • Empirics
  • SQ1. How is 'impact' defined?
  • SQ2. What role does 'impact' play in relation to research grant applications?
  • SQ3. What role does 'impact' play in relation to national assessments of research quality?
  • SQ4. How is 'impact' weighted?
  • SQ5. What incentives and sanctions are attached to the 'impact agenda'?
  • Consequences
  • References
  • 3 Towards a Tyranny of Politically Selected Relevance? Co-option Through State-Directed Research Funding
  • I
  • II
  • III
  • IV
  • V
  • References
  • Part II Country Case Studies
  • 4 Research in a Racially Structured State: The Role of the US National Science Foundation
  • I NSF, the "Shadow of the State", and Political Science
  • Establishment of the NSF in the Post-World War II Context
  • American Political Science Before the National Science Foundation
  • The Establishment of the Social, Behavioural and Economic Directorate (SBES) and Political Science Funding
  • II NSF, Race, and Political Science Research
  • The Establishment of the NSF Considered in a Racially Structured Context
  • NSF and Political Science Project Funding
  • Support for Graduate Training and Innovations in Political Science
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 5 Australia's Politics of Research Funding: Depoliticization and the Crisis of the Regulatory State
  • The Regulation of Research and Its Challenges
  • Governing Research Funding: The Emergence and Crisis of Regulatory Governance
  • Politicization of Research and Culture Wars
  • The Politics of Assessing Quality: The Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) Initiative
  • Markets, Ideology and Research Funding
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 6 The Unplanned and Underfunded Co-option of Political Science in France
  • In-House Generated Expertise vs. Academically Produced Knowledge: State Actors' General Disregard for Political Science
  • A Neglected Discipline's Dilemma: No Political Steering, No Public Relevance, Ending-Up with State Co-option by Choice
  • National Funding and the Government Agenda
  • A Political Science Agenda Emerging from Political Shocks: The 2015 Islamist Terror Attacks
  • Political Science Non-research into Political Shocks: The 2018 "Yellow Vest" Protest Movement
  • Conclusion
  • References