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from Switzerland
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 January 2018
Summary: The development of political science in Switzerland in terms of an academic recognition has its origins in the French part of Switzerland in the 1960s to 1980s, followed by the German part. Today, ten institutions in Switzerland off er political science at Bachelors and at Masters level. While in 2000, only about 2,300 students studied political science in Switzerland this number almost doubled within ten years. One of the main changes in political science education in Switzerland consists in the replacement of the existing degrees of Lizentiat and Diplom by Bachelors- and Masters programmes according to the ‘Bologna reform’ in the early 2000s, by which Switzerland has pioneered the transformation processes. The first chair in political science was installed in 1959. Currently, there are about 50 full professorships at Swiss Universities. The main research fields of political science consist of international studies, democracy and Swiss politics. Swiss politics still is considered particularly important in Switzerland due to of its unique political system within Europe such as direct democracy.
Introduction
This chapter provides an overview of political science in Switzerland in higher education with a focus on the period from 2000 to 2010. It consists of seven sections and is structured as followed: in the first section, a presentation of the historical and institutional context in which political science operates in Switzerland is given. The second section is devoted to illustrate forms of political science education and its changes in Switzerland during the period from 2000 to 2010 with regard to the introduction of the ‘Bologna model.’ The third, fourth and fifth sections deal with the number of higher education institutions where political science is taught, the number of students as well as the number of research and teaching personnel in political science. Moreover, a brief overview of the situation of post-doctoral political scientists in Swiss Universities is included in section five. The sixth section discusses some contemporary important research areas in political science and discusses by example several research institutions committed to those different research areas in Switzerland.
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