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Whither Political Science in a Post-Pandemic World? Challenges, Trends, and Opportunities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2023

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Abstract

In this essay I outline what I see as the challenges, trends and opportunities facing political science after the pandemic. In particular, the essay focuses on the importance of political science education in addressing the challenges to democracy we now face, and the need to rethink political science education at all levels, k-12, undergraduate and graduate education. It ends with a description of the presidential task force on “Rethinking Political Science Education” and the establishment of an APSA standing committee on civic education.

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Presidential Address
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Perspectives on Politics , Volume 21 , Issue 2: Special Section: Green Political Science , June 2023 , pp. 419 - 424
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Political Science Association

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