Rainer Eisfeld, Empowering Citizens, Engaging the Public. Political Science for the 21st Century, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, 199 pp.

• Autorzy: Iwona Reichardt
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Published this year, a new book by a German political scientist and professor emeritus at Osnabruck University, which is tellingly titled Empowering citizens, engaging the public. Political science for the 21st century, is 􀂿 rst and foremost a handbook of instructions as to how contemporary political science could (and should) reconnect with the larger public. As the title of the book suggests, on subsequent pages of the publication (and especially in its second part) the reader is offered a thoroughly explained and empirically backed line of argumentation as to why political science can no longer afford to be detached from reality. Instead it should become a science for the people. This statement may seem obvious yet it is backed by bitter remarks from political scientists who, as Eisfeld quotes them as saying, have no illusions that something is wrong with the discipline. (fragment of text)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Review; Social attitudes; Civic society; Science; Politics

PL

Recenzja; Postawy społeczne; Społeczeństwo obywatelskie; Nauka; Polityka

• Czasopismo: Sprawy Międzynarodowe
• Rocznik: 2019
• Numer: nr 1
• Strony: 271--274

Twórcy

autor

Iwona Reichardt

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.35757/SM.2019.72.1.13