TY - JOUR
T1 - Practical Reflexivity and Political Science
T2 - Strategies for Relating Scholarship and Political Practice
AU - Berling, Trine Villumsen
AU - Bueger, Christian
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - The simplistic, but still influential, idea of a clear-cut boundary between science and politics does not capture the complexities of the ongoing dialogue between science and politics. Neither do political scientists live in an ivory tower, nor do they breathe the air of a separate world. However, the relation between political science practitioners and the rest of the world remains knotty. In this contribution we outline the value of a focus on practical reflexivity to assist in the dialogue with political practice. Based on proposals from social theory we evaluate six strategies of coping with the dilemmas of engaging with practice. The strategies provide a menu of choice for political scientists, as well as systematization of furthering the discussion on practical reflexivity.
AB - The simplistic, but still influential, idea of a clear-cut boundary between science and politics does not capture the complexities of the ongoing dialogue between science and politics. Neither do political scientists live in an ivory tower, nor do they breathe the air of a separate world. However, the relation between political science practitioners and the rest of the world remains knotty. In this contribution we outline the value of a focus on practical reflexivity to assist in the dialogue with political practice. Based on proposals from social theory we evaluate six strategies of coping with the dilemmas of engaging with practice. The strategies provide a menu of choice for political scientists, as well as systematization of furthering the discussion on practical reflexivity.
U2 - 10.1017/S1049096512001278
DO - 10.1017/S1049096512001278
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1049-0965
VL - 46
SP - 115
EP - 119
JO - PS - Political Science and Politics
JF - PS - Political Science and Politics
IS - 1
ER -