VZNIK A ROZVOJ POLITOLÓGIE NA SLOVENSKU V DEVÄŤDESIATYCH ROKOCH V KONTEXTE PÔSOBENIA MIROSLAVA KUSÉHO

• Authors: Malová Darina , Miháliková Silvia

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Origin and development of political science in Slovakia of the 1990s in the context of Miroslav Kusý’s work

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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This study reflects the development of political science in the 1990s, when Miroslav Kusý established Department of Political Science at the Comenius University in Bratislava. His organisational efforts and international contacts became a key condition in the process of the institutionalisation and recognition of a new social science discipline. We argue that there were several general trends in the development of political science in the 1990s, which are only slowly changing. First, there were almost no traditions in doing political science research. Second, the institutional development (establishment of a political science association, departments, faculties, research institutes, etc.) was a prerequisite for the advancement of political science. Third, political science in Slovakia has depended and partly still depends on the performance of other societal disciplines; therefore acquiring the autonomy is very slow and unbalanced. Fourth, political research focuses almost exclusively on Slovakia therefore the comparative approach and conceptual innovations continue to be rather rare. Finally, the critical academic debate was (and still) is missing.

Keywords

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POLITICAL SCIENCE; INSTITUTIONALISATION; SLOVAKIA; KUSÝ MIROSLAV

• Publisher: Institute of Political Sciences, SAS
• Journal: Studia Politica Slovaca: časopis pre politické vedy, najnovšie politické dejiny a medzinárodné vzťahy
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 50 – 68

Contributors

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Malová Darina

• Katedra politológie, Filozofická fakulta, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Gondova 2, 811 02 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

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Miháliková Silvia