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The article explores the development and institutionalisation of political science in Romania after 1989. It argues that, despite a rapid process of expansion and institutionalisation, the emergence of political science as an internationally competitive discipline has been fundamentally affected by two types of factors: communist legacies and systemic under-investment in teaching and research.

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  1. School of English, Sociology, Politics and Contemporary History, University of Salford, Salford, M5 4WT, UK

    Cristina Chiva

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Chiva, C. political science in post-communist romania. Eur Polit Sci 6, 24–33 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.eps.2210111

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