Politiikan tutkimuksen haasteet

Authors

• Tatu Vanhanen

Abstract

The biggest problems in political science are connected, here in Finland as well as elsewhere, to the fragmentation of research and to the vagueness of its theoretical base. How can the lost identitity be built up? One can ascribe to political science a common theme which is based on the idea that reason in politics is a continuous power struggle about the distribution of scant resources. Because the power struggle is carried through political institutions, political science should be concentrated on studying the power struggle carried on inside and around political institutions and power structures.