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The 26th UN Climate Change Conference, COP26, will take place in Glasgow in November. Can it succeed? What does 'success' actually mean in the context of the climate crisis?

A comment on Andrew Bennett, Ahron Barth, & Kenneth R. Rutherford's & Peregrine Schwartz-Shea's articles on methodological trends in political science instruction & scholarship (both, 2003) is concerned that the former excludes most political theory & the latter may have overstated the diversity of methodological training, although taken together, their findings ring true. It is argued, however, that the idea that quantitative methods are the only way to do political science, as signaled in their essays, is misleading. Their findings suggest that students must be offered many methodological choices. It is contended that students learn method best by doing & courses ought to require research projects utilizing qualitative methods rather than the easier to employ quantitative methods. The persistent structure of political science subfields (eg, American politics, comparative politics, international relations) is discussed in terms of how the discipline trains to hire & vice versa, perpetuating a division of labor in the discipline that lacks intellectual sense. Although conceding that this structure is organically generated rather than imposed from the top down, it is seen as time to consider pursuing a new structure. 2 References. J. Zendejas

AbstractThis article discusses recent moves in political science that emphasise predicting future events rather than theoretically explaining past ones or understanding empirical generalisations. Two types of prediction are defined: pragmatic, and scientific. The main aim of political science is explanation, which requires scientific prediction. Scientific prediction does not necessarily entail pragmatic prediction nor does it necessarily refer to the future, though both are desiderata for political science. Pragmatic prediction is not necessarily explanatory, and emphasising pragmatic prediction will lead to disappointment, as it will not always help in understanding how to intervene to change future outcomes, and policy makers are likely to be disappointed by its time‐scale.

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Africanist contributions to political science that appeared in the early days of the discipline in the late 1950s have continued with the current generation of Africanists. Africanist research has been fundamental to modernization & cultural pluralism theories. It has contributed concepts like "clientelism," expanded qualitative methodologies, & highlighted issues underrepresented by Americanist scholars. Africanists do not believe that homogenizing political science benefits research or teaching. Africa's relative political marginalization provides an especially interesting counterpoint to Americanist content. It forces a confrontation between exogenous & endogenous definitions of culture that is a revived research frontier. 22 References. M. Pflum

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Political science engages similar types of identity on different terms. There are extensive literatures describing phenomena related to national, ethnic, class, and gender identity; however, these literatures in isolation give us little insight into broader political mechanics of identity itself. Furthermore, many of the theoretical approaches to identity in political science tend to proceed from the macro-level, without conceptualizing its building blocks. How should we conceptualize and operationalize identity in political science? In this article, we examine the existing literature on identity in ethnic politics, nationalism studies, and gender politics to show this disconnect in conceptualizing identity across research agendas. We then provide an integrated model of identity, focusing on how gradations of visibility, conceptualization, and recognition form the basis of claims and conflicts about the politics of identity. We conclude by elucidating a path to overcoming these issues by opening space for a rethinking of identity in political science.

"Beginning Research in Political Science takes a learn-by-doing-approach to guide students through all of the steps needed for their own original projects. Each chapter builds from the previous chapter with step-by-step instructions that guide students towards the project's completion. The text features recent data from the World Values Survey and instructional SPSS Statistics software tutorials, along with a variety of features reflecting its consistent pedagogy"--