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from Portugal
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 January 2018
Summary: The birth of Political Science in Portugal was conditioned by the dictatorship and later by the predominance of other sciences such as Law and Sociology. The consolidation of the discipline and its trend towards autonomy and independence was carried out mostly in the nineties. This chapter analyses the evolution of Political Science in the 21st century and, therefore, it focuses on the teaching framework, the role of the Portuguese Political Science Association, and the scientific output. Regarding the teaching component special emphasis is given to the number and diversity of programmes at BA, MA and PhD levels as well as to the evolution of the number of students in public and private universities. At the associational level, we explore the development of participations at national conferences, expansion of membership and evolution of the Prize for Best PhD Thesis. In terms of scientific output we chose to look at the Portuguese journals of Political Science, the articles of the discipline published in Social Sciences Journals, as well as two renowned book publishers. On balance, our findings enable us to state that Political Science in Portugal has developed into a full mature discipline with an increasingly internationalised community, but that it is also facing important challenges regarding its future growth.
Introduction
The birth of Political Science in Portugal was rather late when compared to our European counterparts or other scientific domains. This discipline was consolidated mostly in the nineties and has encompassed many sub-disciplines such as International Relations, unlike the practice followed, for instance, in England, the United States or, more recently, Brazil. This article has four building-blocks in order for us to be able to make a critical appraisal of the state of Political Science in Portugal.
Firstly, we need to contextualise the birth and the initial stage of the discipline. In this section, we will be looking at the legacy and nature of the dictatorship as well as the importance of other disciplines such as Law and Sociology. This background is very important to understand why Political Science was only consolidated in the nineties.
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