IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bla/pstrev/v3y2005i1p1-16.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The History of Political Science

Author

Listed:
  • Robert Adcock
  • Mark Bevir

Abstract

The history of political science serves as a context within which we make sense of the nature and role of our discipline. Narratives about the past development of British and American political science help to frame debates, choices, and identities within the contemporary discipline in Britain. What do recent studies on the history of political science tell us about the character of political science in Britain and America? What do they suggest about the relation of the British study of politics to British identities more generally? Our review of recent work concentrates on three issues: (1) how historical studies of political science relate to approaches and identities within the contemporary discipline; (2) how they relate to the past, i.e. whether their historical vision is marred by presentism; (3) whether they look beyond the boundaries of the discipline.

Suggested Citation

  • Robert Adcock & Mark Bevir, 2005. "The History of Political Science," Political Studies Review, Political Studies Association, vol. 3(1), pages 1-16, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:pstrev:v:3:y:2005:i:1:p:1-16
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-9299.2005.00016.x
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1478-9299.2005.00016.x
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1111/j.1478-9299.2005.00016.x?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bla:pstrev:v:3:y:2005:i:1:p:1-16. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1478-9299 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.