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Handbuch über die Hauptströmungen der Forschung und Lehre im Fachgebiet Politische Wissenschaft in 27 Ländern, in denen das Fach als wissenschaftliche Disziplin etabliert ist. Die Länderberichte geben einen Überblick über die Entwicklung des Fachgebiets seit 1945, den gegenwärtigen Stand der Lehre und Forschung, die Aktivitäten der wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaften, die Zukunftsaussichten und die Beziehung zwischen Politischer Wissenschaft und Politik. Jedes Kapitel schließt mit einer Auswahlbibliographie. (SWP-Hck)

I extensively agree with Lieberman's main argument and especially with his recommendations to graduate students and journal editors, which come at a critical time for our discipline's development and future relevance. However, I depart from Lieberman on two issues. First, I argue that the research cycle is circular, and not teleological as Lieberman implies. For instance, randomized control trial (RCT) studies could be the start (and not the end) of a research cycle that leads to more descriptive and qualitative analysis in order to improve our understanding of causality. Second, I believe that the size of effects in RCT studies does matter, among other reasons because small effects might be symptoms of defective conceptualization of the main research problem.

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National Security Affairs (NSA) News ; According to NSA's Prof. Naazneen Barma, the "scenario analysis constitutes the art of juxtaposing current trends in unexpected combinations in order to articulate surprising and yet plausible futuresoften referred to as 'alternative worlds.'"