@article{1399500,
      recid = {1399500},
      author = {Eisfeld, Rainer,},
      title = {Empowering citizens, engaging the public : political  science for the 21st century /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xxvi, 199 pages)},
      abstract = {This book is the first comprehensive study to respond to  the ongoing debates on political sciences' fragmentation,  doubtful relevance, and disconnect with the larger public.  It explores the implications of the argument that political  science ought to become more topic-driven, more relevant  and more comprehensible for "lay" audiences. Consequences  would include evolving a culture of public engagement,  challenging tendencies toward liars' rule, and emphasizing  the role of "large" themes in academic education and  research, the latter being identified as those areas where  severe democratic erosion is occurring - such as escalating  income and wealth disparities pushing democracy towards  plutocracy, ubiquitous change triggering insecurity and  aggression, racist prejudice polarizing societies, and  counter-terrorism strategies subverting civil liberties.  Political science needs to address these pressing problems  ahead of other issues by in-depth research and broadly  accessible public narratives, including solution-orientated  normative notions. This need provides the final  justification for evolving a discipline where problems  would take priority over methods and public relevance over  sophisticated specialization},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1399500},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5928-6},
}