Engaged Pluralism

The Importance of Commitment

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ID6320124
AuthorsJ M Box-Steffensmeier (0000-0002-0878-6269, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume20
Issue1
Pages9-21
Publication date2022-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePerspectives on Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1537-5927 • E-ISSN: 1541-0986
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1537592721003856
OpenAlexW4220982341
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited37

Engaged pluralism entails active interaction, debate, and learning from each other. I argue that individuals need to undertake the challenges arising from engaged pluralism to ensure a healthy, vibrant disciplinary future, and for a democracy that thrives. I consciously extend the term “engagement” to apply not only to understanding across sub-disciplines and different grounds of knowledge, but also to addressing research to the needs of society. There are golden opportunities centered around the benefits of a more open, rigorous, and contentious science that can be maximized through focused engagement around methodologies and methods. In short, two primary themes encapsulate my views on where our discipline should be heading. First, the pursuit of engaged methodological pluralism in our scholarship is critical. Second, supporting democratic principles and civic engagement, which is at the core of the American Political Science Association and has continued, in ebbs and flows, throughout the discipline’s life, is necessary

Civic engagement · Democracy · Discipline · Engaged scholarship · Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Pluralism (philosophy · Political science · Politics · Public engagement · Public relations · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Computational and Text Analysis Methods · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Science Research and Education

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