Correctly understand the subject scope of comparative politics
June 10, 2020 08:48 Source: "China Social Sciences" June 10, 2020 Total 1944 Author: Li Louqu

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Disciplinary division is a type of artificial construction,It is a necessary method or tool for us to know related knowledge,Its purpose is to reflect the basic types of knowledge。but,For the convenience of knowing,We have to artificially separate and classify the knowledge of continuity or compatibility。Specific to comparative political science,In the first time in the division of disciplines, my country was first attributed to the theory of political science,Later, it was classified as a Chinese and foreign political system,Then it became an independent secondary discipline。This description,The subject of the subject of our country believes that it should include theory、System and certain non -institutional factors,Research on Political Culture。Of course,Some people think,The second -level discipline that puts comparative political science in my country is because of the needs of China's development and comparison。This may be a kind of thinking in the development of Chinese disciplines,It is also an important consideration for the division of disciplines in our country。But I think,Disciplinary division should not see this factor too heavy,It should pay more attention to the basic characteristics of the discipline or respect academic laws。Each country has its own special circumstances,If you all focus on your special circumstances, divide the discipline,Not only the discipline dialogue between countries will be more difficult,and it will also lead bet365 Play online games to the confusion of understanding。

  Comparison of politics and foreign politics

Foreign politics mostly adopts American discipline division,Divide political science into political theory、National politics、Comparison of political and international relations,The "comparative politics" here mainly refers to the various theoretical paradigms of foreign politics and comparative politics。Some scholars have said that "the theoretical progress of political science in recent decades is mainly realized in the field of comparative political science",The meaning of comparative political science should include "theory" or "comparative political theory"。And,The current foreign politics mainly refers to comparative issues of many countries,Some people also advocate eliminating the non -comparative issues of a single country out of the list of comparative politics。So,Can "foreign politics" equal to more politics? As a result, you can ask further,Why do many "foreign politics" have never been classified as comparative political science? Why are many "foreign politics" just a case study,No comparative,But still retain them in the discipline of comparative political science when division of disciplines? What is the relationship between comparative research or comparative political research and comparative political science?

In fact,The mainstream view has always defined the research object of comparative political science as "foreign politics",Statistics can also confirm that most of the research issues of comparative political science are the same。Our discipline division is basically the same。But,This is basically not equal to this。Compare political science with foreign politics,I have been criticized by some bet365 Play online games well -known scholars for a long time,More importantly, there are several problems that need to be solved: First, if this subject is completely studying foreign politics,So why is it not called foreign politics and is more political? This is not in line with the general law of subject naming。The second is some theoretical paradigm,If Political Culture Theory、 Reason selection theory、 Structuralism theory to new institutionalist political science,All are regarded as the category of comparative politics,and they are obviously not "foreign politics"。Strictly speaking,"Foreign Politics" refers to the real politics or empirical issues of foreign countries,So,There is a saying that there is comparative politics based on research and politics as the main business。But the above theoretical paradigm obviously does not belong to this category,They are just the theoretical tools that study real politics,This is no different from other theories of politics。

  Comparison of politics and methodology

Some scholars think,"Comparing politics is the only subject in political science with methodologies (that is, comparison methods)"。There can be two different understanding here: First, it means that comparative political science is a discipline that studies comparative methods,Two refers to the discipline that compare political science to study political phenomena。Both indicate,Its content is not limited to "foreign politics" research。It's just a personality study,Many countries do not study without comparison, It's just a personality study,It is not comparative; while comparing politics, it should be studied for general issues。If comparative politics is regarded as a discipline of comparison,Obviously, foreign politics is excluded bet365 Play online games outside of comparative politics,This discipline definition of methodology in the meaning。If you use a comparative method to study political phenomena, it is considered to belong to the discipline of comparative political science, That is more politically across political science,Including but not limited to foreign political research。In other words,As long as the application comparison method, political phenomena include political theory、Study on national political and international relations,It can be regarded as a comparative political science。

Politics is regarded as a "methodology" discipline, although accurately reveals the characteristics of comparative political science,But the problem is that most researchers in reality can regard political issues as the point of view of comparative politics。And,This way of understanding may make politics equivalent to comparative political science,It is more difficult to divide the discipline boundary of comparative political science。

  Comparison of politics and international politics

There is also a problem that is often talked about in the political science discipline of our country,That is the relationship between politics and international politics,Specifically, what are the differences in "foreign politics" in political science and "foreign politics" of international politics。From the actual perspective of the discipline,This is firstly a standard problem of discipline division in different countries。In the United States,International Politics and International Relations belongs to a discipline,So international politics in the United States is to study international relations,It's just that there are different titles in different universities。and China did not set up comparative politics when it was originally divided into international politics and international Bet365 app download relations,Therefore, international politics largely replaces comparative politics and studies foreign politics。But later,Comparative political science has become an independent branch discipline in political science,but did not cancel the connotation of international politics at the same time or "rectification",。This,The contradiction appears,People have confused or different opinions on the identity of international politics。In reality,Some people in international political disciplines are the research of international relations,There are also some people who study the country's politics,Some people use comparative methods to study foreign politics,There are also some people who study the country's politics。

From the situation in Europe and the United States,Comparing politics has a process from unique politics to comparative countries,That is, the current comparative politics mostly refers to the comparative study of foreign politics,or it does not advocate that there is no comparative characteristic research,It is mainly a comparative study of similar political phenomena of many countries,The research of the characteristic country's unique politics is more research content of international politics。my country has also changed this trend in recent years。Where,There are two different research trends: a direction of studying the country's other politics is international relations,That is, the foundation of these scholars is the country's political or research on a certain country,But the purpose is to study the relationships or countermeasures of China and these countries; another country's other research is to carry out political comparison。This,There is an obvious difference bet365 Play online games between the two,The former political research of the former is usually characteristic or case -like、Description and countermeasure,Sometimes mix with international relations,Sometimes even apply international relations theory for research; while the latter is more focused on the theoretical and methods of application comparison when conducting multi -country political research。

From the perspective of comparative political sciences in my country,The current settings are still less。Generally speaking,If a school set up a discipline of comparative political science,Then it is at least emphasizing the study of comparative political science,But in fact, there are problems with multi -disciplinary mixed in international political science。Some schools set up comparative political disciplines are mainly a title,Different disciplines of various branches of political science are placed in comparative political science。Although some countries will be affected by some external factors when the division of political sciences,For example, hot spots of time、The needs of ideology and the cognition of scholars,can cause differences。This is understandable to a certain extent,but not too much,Otherwise, it will cause confusion of the discipline division standard and violate the essential characteristics of the subject。In short,Disciplinary division should respect the basic laws of discipline division,is divided according to the basic characteristics and connotation of the subject itself。

 (Author Unit: School of Philosophy and Law and Government of Shanghai Normal University)

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