Political and scientific activity of young political scientist: A zero-sum game?

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the connection between political activity and scientific activity of young political scientists. On the basis of the author's comparative study, within which a questionnaire survey was conducted (N = 1212, of which 107 are political scientists), it was concluded that the political activity of political scientists is higher than among young people having a different profile of education, i.е. political activity acts as a “function” from their interest in the political sphere. It was revealed that among young political scientists there is no gap or contradiction between political and scientific activity, at the same time, as other studies show, among political scientists of the older generation this gap exists. One of the reasons for this is that young political scientists receive more systematic political science education.