Political science is, academically, a broad, inclusive subject. The media have reduced it to the tactical form, which notably lacks self-awareness. We need a term that, encompassing the tactical, engages the greater framework implied by “meta.”
Pundits of normative political science focus on polls, electoral mechanics, identity politics, inclusiveness, “issues”, inducements like “a chicken in every pot”, with promises both practical and impractical, all leavened with a pinch of fear.
They’ll miss something obvious to those not blinded by the intellectual framework, perhaps requiring a reminder that the electorate are not so blinded. Take a trip back to 1970:
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