Abstract

BELTRAN GOMEZ, Híjar. La ciencia política en el Perú: El inicio de su institucionalización. Rev. mex. cienc. polít. soc [online]. 2008, vol.50, n.204, pp.41-55. ISSN 0185-1918.  https://doi.org/10.22201/fcpys.2448492xe.2008.204.41985.

This article presents the development of political science in the institutional plane, specifically its apparition, evolution and current situation in the universities of Peru, as well as the perception and opinion of this discipline has had and has in society. On its part, the role of undemocratic governments in the impulse of Political Science, its role and reality of the political scientists and the centers of high education are treated reflexively and critically. The general panorama of past and present conditions of Political Science in Peru can be a reflection of other Latin-American and world realities, which could be useful to duplicate its positive aspects and avoid the negative ones.

Keywords : Perú; ciencia política; institucionalidad; historia; perspectiva; democracia.