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The emergence of politics as a taught discipline at universities in the United Kingdom

2019· article· en· 7 citations· W2976428202 on OpenAlex· 10.1177/1369148119873081

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Claude Opus 4.8T2
genre: empirical
about Canada: no
confidence: medium

Archival history of how political science became a taught discipline in UK universities, tracing chairs, subject associations and curricula; the object is an academic discipline's formation.

GPT-5.6 (high)OUT
genre: empirical
about Canada: no
confidence: high

It reconstructs the history of political-science teaching and curricula, not research practice.

Grok 4.5T2
genre: empirical
about Canada: no
confidence: medium

Historical study of politics as a taught university discipline; adjacent history of the academic field.

Abstract

While existing disciplinary histories of political science focus on areas such as the development of research agendas, establishment of chairs and the founding of subject associations, little work has been undertaken on the history of teaching and learning. Based on extensive archival work and use of contemporaneous documents and surveys, it combines data sources, which have not previously been used in writing the history of political science. These are used to construct a history of the taught discipline which traces the development of courses and curricula within UK universities during the 20th century. In doing so, it makes a significant contribution to the history of political science, challenging existing accounts and chronologies of the development of politics in UK universities, through a more comprehensive account of its diverse origins.

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Venue
The British Journal of Politics and International Relations
Topic
Political Science Research and Education
Field
Social Sciences
Canadian institutions
Funders
Queen's UniversitySwansea UniversityCardiff UniversityUniversity of NottinghamUniversity of EdinburghUniversity of LeedsUniversity of ReadingUniversity of OxfordUniversity of WarwickUniversity of CambridgeUniversity of St AndrewsUniversity of ExeterUniversity of AberdeenUniversity of EssexUniversity of DundeeUniversity of SussexUniversity of SouthamptonPrinceton UniversityYork UniversityYale University
Keywords
PoliticsDisciplineConstruct (python library)Subject (documents)CurriculumWork (physics)History of sciencePolitical scienceSociologySocial scienceEngineering ethicsLibrary scienceLawEpistemologyEngineering
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