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Abstract

This article aims to identify what critical categories are applied to review of doctoral dissertations in political science & what patterns of change might impact these same categories through time. Some of the fundamental concepts entailed in faculty review of dissertation are presented here on the basis of centuries-old thought. While these concepts remain valid today, their application is assumed to have changed. Through a content analysis of reviews made of political science dissertations over a 20-year period, a notable shift in emphasis is made from critical attention to source material & empirical analysis to critical attention to perspective of the writer & theoretical approach. Important developments in the composition of review committees are also discussed, including an increase in the committee's number of professors within one discipline, international profile, & departmental balance regarding the department of the dissertation author. These & other changes are here situated in the larger framework of character shifts that have affected political science & other disciplines throughout the last generation. 2 Tables, 14 References. C. Brunski

During 1978-1997, 465 writers contributed 979 articles to Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift; 14% of the writers were women, 26% were writers from outside Sweden. Some 5% of the most frequent co-writers published 25% of the content in the journal. Table 1 shows the 20 writers whose work most frequently appeared. 1 Table. Adapted from the source document.