The Perestroika Movement in American Political Science and its Lessons for Chinese Political Studies

The Perestroika movement in the American Political Science Association has called attention to controversies facing the discipline of Political Science in the United States. These problems include fragmentation and incoherence, methodological “totalitarianism,” lack of relevance and parochialism. This article summarizes the complaints of the Perestroika movement, and suggests ways in which Chinese political studies can avoid similar pitfalls.