scholarly journals (RE)THINKING THE STATE IN THE 21ST CENTURY

2021 ◽  
pp. 249-267
Author(s):  
Žiga Vodovnik
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Political Science ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Political Geography ◽  
Science Research ◽  
The State ◽  
State Spaces ◽  
Space Scale ◽  
Epistemological Challenge

Abstract. In this article, we argue that social sciences generally and political science in particular are faced with a peculiar epistemological challenge while researching the state in the 21st century. Namely, the state has often been either naturalised, seen as a static and ahistorical entity resistant to changes in the environment, or naïvely rejected as a form of political organisation that is with neoliberal globalisation withering away. In either instance, the processes of redefining and redistributing of the state, and hence its de-/reterritorialising and rescaling, have largely gone unnoticed. Our analysis reassesses the hegemonic theories of state and shows that in the mainstream of political science research on the state is still anchored to the (geographical) assumptions that limit or even define the state and its exercise of power to a geographically demarcated and fixed territory. Drawing on recent approaches to space, scale and territory, this article calls for a heterodox and pluralist methodology in further research on state as well as non-state spaces. Keywords: the state, non-state spaces, globalisation, territory, political geography

The State of Social Sciences in Iran

1974 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
The University

The term “social sciences” (‘ulūm-i-ijtimā’ī) has gained currency in Iran only during the last fifteen years or so, but some of the disciplines falling within its purview have been in existence for a longer period. Thus the first institution for teaching political science was established in 1899, and the first chair of sociology was created in 19 35 in the University of Tehran. Besides, iike Molière’s bourgeois gentillhomme who belatedly realized that he had been making prose all his life without being aware of it, some Iranian scholars too have long been engaged in writing, translating and conducting research on social problems or using sociological concepts without being conscious of themselves as social scientists.Since from a chronological viewpoint, political science appeared in Iran prior to other disciplines of social sciences and its studies involve problems of a distinct nature, the present paper is divided into two parts: the first dealing with political science, and the second with sociology and related disciplines.

A Discussion of Dawn Langan Teele’s Field Experiments and Their Critics: Essays on the Uses and Abuses of Experimentation in the Social Sciences

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1130-1131
Author(s):  
Henry E. Brady
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Science Research ◽  
General Question ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
The Social ◽  
Experimental Approaches ◽  
Social Scientific

Experimental approaches to political science research have become increasingly prominent in the discipline. Experimental research is regularly featured in some of the discipline’s top journals, and indeed in 2014 a new Journal of Experimental Political Science was created, published by Cambridge University Press. At the same time, there are disagreements among political scientists about the limits of experimental research, the ethical challenges associated with this research, and the general model of social scientific inquiry underlying much experimental research. Field Experiments and Their Critics: Essays on the Uses and Abuses of Experimentation in the Social Sciences, edited by Dawn Langan Teele (Yale University Press 2015), brings together many interesting perspectives on these issues. And so we have invited a number of political scientists to comment on the book, the issues it raises, and the more general question of “the uses and abuses of experimentation in the social sciences.”

A Discussion of Dawn Langan Teele’s Field Experiments and Their Critics: Essays on the Uses and Abuses of Experimentation in the Social Sciences

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1132-1132
Author(s):  
Yanna Krupnikov
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Science Research ◽  
General Question ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
The Social ◽  
Experimental Approaches ◽  
Social Scientific

Experimental approaches to political science research have become increasingly prominent in the discipline. Experimental research is regularly featured in some of the discipline’s top journals, and indeed in 2014 a new Journal of Experimental Political Science was created, published by Cambridge University Press. At the same time, there are disagreements among political scientists about the limits of experimental research, the ethical challenges associated with this research, and the general model of social scientific inquiry underlying much experimental research. Field Experiments and Their Critics: Essays on the Uses and Abuses of Experimentation in the Social Sciences, edited by Dawn Langan Teele (Yale University Press 2015), brings together many interesting perspectives on these issues. And so we have invited a number of political scientists to comment on the book, the issues it raises, and the more general question of “the uses and abuses of experimentation in the social sciences.”

RECONCEPTUALIZING SOCIAL SCIENCES

2015 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-26
Author(s):  
Dr. Moonis Ahmar
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Quality Control ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
The State ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Time Line ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Societal Changes

Transformation in the discipline of Social Sciences is a global phenomenon but in the post-colonial societies it means two things. First, far reaching societal changes resulting into the emergence of new fields in Social Sciences fulfilling new conditions and requirements of society. Second, the growing need and relevance of Social Sciences research so as to address issues which cause serious societal changes. Marginalization of Social Sciences and social scientists in case of Pakistan is not a new phenomenon. There cannot be any time line which can be given for modernizing Social Sciences in Pakistan which can meet the criteria and standards of 21st century. Yet, those who teach and do research in different subjects of Social Sciences must come forward and play a leadership role in this regard. This would require a paradigm shift in the arena of admitting students and appointing faculty so that the best stuff both at the student and faculty level is motivated to join the subjects of Social Sciences in order to ensure quality control and standard which seem to have deteriorated in the last four decades is restored. By attracting the best talent in the subjects of Social Sciences one can expect positive transformation in the state and societal patterns of Pakistan.

Political Science Research on International Law: The State of the Field

2012 ◽  
Vol 106 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilie M. Hafner-Burton ◽  
David G. Victor ◽  
Yonatan Lupu
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Science Research ◽  
The State ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
Active Research ◽  
Active Research Program ◽  
State Of The Field

The discipline of political science has developed an active research program on the development, operation, spread, and impact of international legal norms, agreements, and institutions. Meanwhile, a growing number of public international lawyers have developed an interest in political science research and methods. For more than two decades, scholars have been calling for international lawyers and political scientists to collaborate, and have suggested possible frameworks for doing so. Some prominent collaborations are under way—sharing research methods and insights.

A Discussion of Dawn Langan Teele’s Field Experiments and Their Critics: Essays on the Uses and Abuses of Experimentation in the Social Sciences

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1136-1137
Author(s):  
Betsy Sinclair
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Science Research ◽  
General Question ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
The Social ◽  
Experimental Approaches ◽  
Social Scientific

Experimental approaches to political science research have become increasingly prominent in the discipline. Experimental research is regularly featured in some of the discipline’s top journals, and indeed in 2014 a new Journal of Experimental Political Science was created, published by Cambridge University Press. At the same time, there are disagreements among political scientists about the limits of experimental research, the ethical challenges associated with this research, and the general model of social scientific inquiry underlying much experimental research. Field Experiments and Their Critics: Essays on the Uses and Abuses of Experimentation in the Social Sciences, edited by Dawn Langan Teele (Yale University Press 2015), brings together many interesting perspectives on these issues. And so we have invited a number of political scientists to comment on the book, the issues it raises, and the more general question of “the uses and abuses of experimentation in the social sciences.”

scholarly journals HISTORICAL CRITERIA OF THE LEGAL APPROACH TO THE TYPOLOGY OF THE STATE

2020 ◽  
pp. 16-21
Author(s):  
V.V. Sukhonos
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Legal Aspect ◽  
The State ◽  
Main Attention ◽  
Structural Units ◽  
Historical Process ◽  
History Of ◽  
Production Relations ◽  
And Linguistics

The article is devoted to the typology of the state. The main attention is paid to three main approaches to the typology of the state: formational, civilizational, and legal. In many respects, the typology is the result of the description of certain phenomena and their comparison. Based on this, typology problems arise in all sciences that deal with extremely heterogeneous sets of usually discrete objects and solve the problem of orderly description and explanation of these sets. However, it does not matter to which group of sciences these sets and objects belong. These can be both natural sciences (chemistry and biology) and humanities (psychology and linguistics), and social sciences (sociology). In particular, in Western social thought, tendencies to rethink typology appear in both concepts of models of history and models of culture. In contrast, Marxism gave rise to the doctrine of social formations, which was associated with the separation of economic and historical types of society, which were based on certain production relations. It is using the methods of typology, Marxist sociology singled out certain structural units of the historical process, which allowed to formulate a certain, well-argued, explanation of the history of many historical types of society and culture, the existence of various systems within certain social formations. And although the economic fetish inherent in Marxist sociology largely led to the purely one-sided nature of Marxist philosophy, it was its proponents who first raised the question of historical types of state at the scientific level, the first attempt to apply typology to political science. As a result, there was such a category as the typology of the state – the differentiation of groups of states on common features that determine the essential characteristics of these groups of states. In this case, the typology acts, in essence, as a reflection of the process of historically inevitable change of some types of state and law to others, and therefore is one of the most important techniques or means of learning the historical process of state and law. Problems of state typology are traditionally studied by the theory of state and law. At the same time, until now, two approaches have traditionally been distinguished: formational and civilizational. Within the framework of the first approach, the typology of the state is identified with its genesis. The second approach identifies the state and civilization. However, in modern political science, processes have begun in which scholars try to consider the types of state not only in the context of civilizations or social formations but also in the actual legal aspect. Within the legal approach to the typology of the state, several criteria are distinguished. According to the historical criterion, we can distinguish such types of state as primary, evolutionary, bureaucratic, and minimal. Keywords: type of state; typology of the state; formational approach to the typology of the state; civilizational approach to the typology of the state; civilization; formation.

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