Abstract
During the 1950’s a change of direction within the study of politics was taking place. A new orthodoxy in political studies was evolving and new directions were being indicated which concerned a shift in focus towards the social sciences rather than history or philosophy. In sum, expectations and assumptions were changing in the academic community of politics lecturers and of course within the wider spheres of culture and political practice.
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Vout, M. (1990). Oxford and the Emergence of Political Science in England 1945–1960. In: Wagner, P., Wittrock, B., Whitley, R. (eds) Discourses on Society. Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-29174-1_7
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