Political Theory Today: Results of a National Survey | PS: Political Science & Politics | Cambridge Core (original) (raw)

Abstract

This article reports the results of a 2008 national survey of political theorists. The results, based on 1,086 responses from professors at accredited, four-year colleges and universities in the United States, provide information about the demographic characteristics of political theorists, opinion data on the place of political theory within political science, the proportion of political theorists in political science departments, teaching loads, expectations for tenure, the experience of political theorists on the academic job market, and, finally, rankings of theorists, journals, publishers, professional organizations, and Ph.D. programs.

Type

The Profession Symposium

Copyright

Copyright © American Political Science Association 2010

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