Contemporary Russian Political Science Community – the First Steps to the Analysis

Contemporary Russian Political Science Community – the First Steps to the Analysis


Karyagin M.E.,

doctoral student, Department of Applied Political Science, National Research University Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg., karyaginm@gmail.com


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Sungurov A.Yu.,

Dr. Sci. (Pol. Sci.), Professor, Head of Department of Applied Political Science, National Research University Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg, asungurov@mail.ru


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DOI: 10.17976/jpps/2016.02.02

For citation:

Karyagin M.E., Sungurov A.Yu. Contemporary Russian Political Science Community – the First Steps to the Analysis. – Polis. Political Studies. 2016. No. 2. https://doi.org/10.17976/jpps/2016.02.02



Abstract

In the article the history and features of the Russian political science community’s formation are analyzed. Apart from the milestones, the authors consider the main versions of the community’s emergence, as well as the phenomenon of community itself. In the course of the research the authors used various methods and sources: content analysis of information resources and documents of the professional organizations of political scientists of the Russian Federation, surveys and interviews of experts-political scientists and public servants. All this allowed not only to characterize the political science community by its features description, but also to reveal the existing development problems, considering regional political science schools’ development and functioning dynamics, as well as the role of political science community as an expert community in the state policy-making. The wide range of experts having taken part in surveys helped to describe the situation from various sides and to show a picture both from political scientists’ position and from high-ranked decision-makers’ viewpoint. In the conclusion of the article authors form conceptual conclusions which can be used by the professional organizations of the Russian community of political scientists to increase efficiency of their activity, develop regional political schools in the Russian Federation, and also produce constructive dialogue between the authorities and expert communities to improve quality of the decisions made and provide academia’s involvement in the research field. Authors emphasize that the present article is not exhaustive, and express their hope that other researchers will join the discussion on the role of political scientists’ professional community, which will considerably increase the quality of the research.

Keywords
political science; community of political scientists; Soviet and Russian experience; expert community.


Content No. 2, 2016

See also:


Sungurov A.Yu.,
Expert community, think tanks and power: experience of three regions. – Polis. Political Studies. 2014. No2

Patrushev S.V.,
On the Addressees of Political Knowledge. – Polis. Political Studies. 2016. No5

Yarulin I.F.,
Political Science in Russian Far East: Condition and Prospects. – Polis. Political Studies. 2004. No5

Vorobyov D.M.,
Political Science in the USSR: Formation and Development of a Scientific Community. – Polis. Political Studies. 2004. No4


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