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Political Science for the 21st Century

Rainer Eisfeld

Empowering Citizens, Engaging the Public

Rainer Eisfeld

Empowering Citizens, Engaging the Public Political Science for the 21st Century

Rainer Eisfeld Fachbereich 1 Osnabrück University Osnabrück, Germany

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Books by Rainer Eisfeld

English Political Science and Regime Change in 20th Century Germany (1996, with Michael Th. Greven and Hans K. Rupp) Pluralism. Developments in the Theory and Practice of Democracy (2006, ed.) Political Science in Central-East Europe (2010, ed. with Leslie A. Pal) Radical Approaches to Political Science (2012) Political Science: Reflecting on Concepts, Demystifying Legends (2016) German Pluralismus zwischen Liberalismus und Sozialismus (1972; Italian ed. 1976, Croatian ed. 1992) Sozialistischer Pluralismus in Europa (1984) Gegen Barbarei (1989, ed. with Ingo Müller) Ausgebürgert und doch angebräunt (1991, rev. ed. 2013) Wild Bill Hickok. Westernmythos und Wirklichkeit (1994) Mondsüchtig (1996 [hc], 2000 [pb]; new ed. 2012; Czech ed. 1997) Als Teenager träumten. Die magischen 50er Jahre (1999) Marsfieber (2003, with Wolfgang Jeschke) Streitbare Politikwissenschaft (2006) Mitgemacht (2015, ed.)

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The Vision

“Ultimately, IPSA supports the role of political science in empowering men and women t