How well is the field of political studies doing and where is it headed? These questions are answered by this broad world overview of political science, its advances and shortcomings, along with prescriptions for the future in the first decades of the 21th century. The volume includes three world regional assessments of the discipline by senior scholars along with an in-depth survey of various sub-disciplinary fields and a concluding critical essay on the future of political studies. Great as a text book, i.e., an introductory global overview.

Prof. Dr. John E. Trent, Centre on Governance, University of Ottawa, Canada Prof. Dr. Michael B. Stein, Visiting Professor, Dept. of Political Science, University of Toronto, Canada