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The article deals with the formation of political science as a discipline during the Weimar Republic (Germany). After the establishment of the Nazi totalitarian regime in 1933, the development of political science was stopped in Germany and most of the scientists emigrated from the country. The Nazi regime contributed to the emergence and establishment of different ideological disciplines, instead of political science, which were aimed at the propaganda of the Nazi regime and served to the interests of the government.

In his recent article on the reasoning behind interdisciplinary political science, Michael Moran examines both external factors (such as funding), as well as internal motives (the desire to keep a discipline alive). He does not acknowledge, however, that political science is in fact likely to be a poor candidate for interdisciplinary work. In this article, I outline three reasons – training, career advancement and the self-regulation of the profession – why political science has not adopted an interdisciplinary direction.

1. A CHECKERED RECORD THE HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH'S ENCOUNTER WITH THE PROBLEMS OF WAR AND PEACE IS CHEQUERED. OFTEN IT MAKES DISMAL READING. VERY OFTEN CHURCHES HAVE CONDONED AND EVEN ACTIVELY SUPPORTED WARS IN WHICH THE SOVEREIGN OF THEIR LANDS TOOK PART. IN MANY CASES ARMY CHAPLAINS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FRONTLINE PROVIDED MORAL ENCOURAGEMENT BEFORE BATTLES. IN THE EARLY CHURCH, PACIFISM WAS THE PREDOMINANT ATTITUDE OF THE FOLLOWERS OF THE PRINCE OF PEACE. BUT WHEN THE NEW RELIGION ASCENDED TO POWER IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE, IT ALSO LOST ITS POLITICAL AND MILITARY INNOCENCE. CHRISTMAS JOINED THE LEGIONS. THE CHURCH FATHERS DEVELOPED THE FIRST TENETS OF A BODY OF THOUGHT WHICH POSTERITY NAMED THE DOCTRINE OF THE JUST WAR. IT LEGITIMIZED WAR AS A FINAL RESORT IN CASES WHERE NOT PUTTING UP ARMS WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN EVEN GREATER CALAMITY THAN WAR ITSELF.

Political science has a long tradition of research into topics such
as campaign finance and redistricting, but these separate efforts
have only recently merged into something resembling a recognizable
sub-field of political reform. One impetus for this new-found
coherence has been the emergence of recent reform concerns regarding
such matters as U.S. election administration, primary election
procedures, conflict of interest situations, ballot restrictions on
minor party candidates, and the need for transparency. The addition
of the new on top of the still-unresolved, ongoing problems has
yielded plenty of grist for the political science mill.

AbstractInteractions between units in political systems often occur across multiple relational contexts. These relational systems feature interdependencies that result in inferential shortcomings and poorly-fitting models when ignored. General advancements in inferential network analysis have improved our ability to understand relational systems featuring interdependence, but developments specific to working with interdependence that cross relational contexts remain sparse. In this paper, I introduce a multilayer network approach to modeling systems comprising multiple relations using the exponential random graph model. In two substantive applications, the first a policy communication network and the second a global conflict network, I demonstrate that the multilayer approach affords inferential leverage and produces models that better fit observed data.

"This study challenges the rose-tinted view of the interwar period in Romanian history, which is often judged against the darkness of almost five decades of Communist rule. Romania, 1916-1941 is a useful resource for upper-level undergraduates, postgraduates, and scholars interested in foreign policy, politics, society, internationalisation, and late development in interwar Central and Eastern Europe"--