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Title: | The problem of political science and practical politics |
Authors: | Donovan, C Larkin, P |
Issue Date: | 2006 |
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell |
Citation: | Politics, 26(1): 11 - 17, Feb 2006 |
Abstract: | We reflect on the reasons why there is not a greater and more fruitful relationship between those who seek to understand policy and the political process from academia and those with a similar task in ‘practical politics’. We attribute this lack of engagement to three core factors: (1) from without, instrumental government visions of political science perpetuate the view that the discipline exists to serve those with power; (2) from within, scientism and abstraction diminish the discipline's stock of ‘usable’ product for ‘practical politics’; and (3) where relevant research exists, its uptake is hampered by limited communication between these spheres. |
Description: | Copyright @ 2006 The Authors |
URI: | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9256.2006.00246.x/abstract http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/7036 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9256.2006.00246.x |
ISSN: | 1467-9256 |
Appears in Collections: | Politics and International Relations Health Economics Research Group (HERG) Dept of Life Sciences Research Papers |
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