Trends in Funding for Dissertation Field Research: Why Do Political Science and Sociology Students Win so Few Awards?

Autor/inn/en	Agarwala, Rina; Teitelbaum, Emmanuel
Titel	Trends in Funding for Dissertation Field Research: Why Do Political Science and Sociology Students Win so Few Awards?
Quelle	In: PS: Political Science and Politics, 43 (2010) 2, S.283-293 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-0965
DOI	10.1017/S1049096510000156
Schlagwörter	Graduate Students; Graduate Study; Political Science; Sociology; Humanities; Field Studies; Student Research; Financial Support; Evaluation Criteria; Doctoral Dissertations; Research Proposals; Social Science Research; Area Studies; Intellectual Disciplines; Resource Allocation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Staatslehre; Politikwissenschaft; Politische Wissenschaft; Soziologie; Geisteswissenschaften; Humanwissenschaften; Praxisforschung; Studentenforschung; Finanzielle Förderung; Doctoral dissertation; Doctoral thesis; Doctoral theses; Dissertationsschrift; Forschungsgegenstand; Social scientific research; Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung; Landeskunde; Ressourcenallokation
Abstract	Despite the size and growth of political science and sociology relative to other disciplines, political science and sociology graduate students have received a declining share of funding for dissertation field research in recent years. Specifically, political science and sociology students are losing out to competitive applicants from humanities-oriented fields that provide strong training in area studies and language. These trends are explained by multiple factors. On the funding demand side, changes in graduate training within political science and sociology are undermining students' ability to conduct contextual work, thus leading to lower quality applications. On the funding supply side, the structure of selection committees may be privileging certain disciplines and approaches. We offer suggestions on how to begin reversing these worrisome trends in dissertation funding. Doing so is crucial to ensuring the continued participation of political scientists and sociologists in international comparative research. (As Provided).
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