To the extent the policy outcomes depend on policy capacity, an important ingredient in that
capacity is the training of public servants, and in particular through MPP and MPA programs …

The first detailedanalysis of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's
(OECD) influence on global public sector reform. Based on extensive interviews and internal …

This research aims to develop a deeper insight into the development of political science
from the bibliometric perspective by analysing peer-reviewed journal articles (n= 1117) …

External forces have pushed Central-East Europe's nascent political science disciplines
toward convergence: the European Union's educational policies, the funding and training …

The article deals with the perception of political science's limited social relevance, by
proposing a theoretical framework of analysis through which the Italian case is addressed …

After several decades of institutionalization of political science as a scholarly discipline in
Russia, its quantitative output is quite impressive. This article offers a critical reconsideration …

Should one expect convergence among MPA/MPP programs around the world, and in
particularly among programs in the “Anglo-sphere” or among the Anglo-democracies …

In contrast to its quantitative advances, political science has made only modest contributions
to addressing salient contemporary issues. Political studies have largely been reduced to a …

FTER A SHORT REVIEW of the topic in other Western countries, this chapter presents how
political science has been gradually institutionalized in Spain. That process is linked to three …

Political science is a relatively young discipline. As an independent academic subject, it only
emerged in Europe after the Second World War. Moreover, up until the 1990s, political …