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Half a Century of French Political Science: An Interview with Jean Leca, President of the French Political Science Association

Christophe Roux

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The seventh congress of the French Political Science Association (AFSP) - held in Lille in September 2002 - provided an opportunity to interview the Association's president, Jean Leca. As a result of this interview, it is now possible to offer EPS readers an overview of French political science, following the articles on the discipline in the Netherlands, in Sweden and in Central and Eastem Europe, that have appeared in previous issues of the journal. CR - What are the origins of contemporary French political science? JL - Its genesis can be traced to the end of the nineteenth century with the birth of the École Libre des Sciences Politiques (Free School of Political Sciences) created by Emile Boutmy in Paris in 1871. This institution aimed at training a new state elite by teaching a range of disciplines.

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The seventh congress of the French Political Science Association (AFSP) - held in Lille in September 2002 - provided an opportunity to interview the Association's president, Jean Leca. As a result of this interview, it is now possible to offer EPS readers an overview of French political science, following the articles on the discipline in the Netherlands, in Sweden and in Central and Eastem Europe, that have appeared in previous issues of the journal. CR - What are the origins of contemporary French political science? JL - Its genesis can be traced to the end of the nineteenth century with the birth of the École Libre des Sciences Politiques (Free School of Political Sciences) created by Emile Boutmy in Paris in 1871. This institution aimed at training a new state elite by teaching a range of disciplines.

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The seventh congress of the French Political Science Association (AFSP) - held in Lille in September 2002 - provided an opportunity to interview the Association's president, Jean Leca. As a result of this interview, it is now possible to offer EPS readers an overview of French political science, following the articles on the discipline in the Netherlands, in Sweden and in Central and Eastem Europe, that have appeared in previous issues of the journal. CR - What are the origins of contemporary French political science? JL - Its genesis can be traced to the end of the nineteenth century with the birth of the École Libre des Sciences Politiques (Free School of Political Sciences) created by Emile Boutmy in Paris in 1871. This institution aimed at training a new state elite by teaching a range of disciplines.

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