Political Science in Central-East Europe - Diversity and Convergence (Hardcover)

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.