The recession will not lead to better political science
The Monkey Cage asks whether the recession will lead to better political science. Their thinking, in short, is that the recession will lead more people to graduate school which should on balance improve the quality of those matriculating into phd programs for political science. The key criteria for judging the success of recession-era cohorts is publication in political journals and “lifetime achievement awards.”
The question is certainly interesting to academics but betrays some closed thinking on what it means to “do political science”. One might argue that the success of a particular generation of leading thinkers might be judged on a very different set of criteria, such as public engagement or thought leadership in Washington.
There will likely always be incredibly bright people willing to fill the few tenure-track spots in leading universities, but the space available for political scientists to contribute to other fields and to make contributions to the public dialogue remains wide open.
-John
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