CJO - Abstract - Politics, Political Science, and Specialization

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PS: Political Science & Politics (2002), 35 : 187-189 Cambridge University Press
Copyright © 2002 by the American Political Science Association
doi:10.1017/S104909650200046X (About doi)
Published online by Cambridge University Press 14 Jun 2002
Political Science & Politics (2002), 35:2:187-189 American Political Science Association
Copyright © 2002 by the American Political Science Association
doi:10.1017/S104909650200046X

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Politics, Political Science, and Specialization


Robert Jervis a1
a1 Columbia University

Abstract

Contemporary political science is specialized, deeply concerned with its methods, and politicized. It also remains peripheral to most public debates. But the relationships among these characteristics are ambiguous and each yields advantages as well as costs.



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