The Discipline as Disciplinary Normalization: Networks of Research^* Available to Purchase

This study explores how ordinary disciplinary practices and values in contemporary political science normalize the behavior and thinking of most political scientists. By pushing beyond the ideal image of scientific activity in the philosophy of social science and into some of the empirical realities of professional behavior, this reexamination argues that the dictates of a sign-value economy in research and publication set the personal agendas for many political scientists. In turn, this game of proper publication placement and grant-getting undermines the possibilities for realizing other goals in political science, such as improved civic education and greater political participation.