The relevance of knowledge to practice has always been
fundamental in the examination of the utility of the university to the society
in which it is embedded. As a result, politicians as well as the general public wish to know whether knowledge produced in a university setting can be used to promote the goals or serve the needs of the society broadly defined. Central to
this concern is the relationship between theory and policy.
One of the main goals of the Journal of Political Science and
Public Affairs (JPSPA) is to provide a forum where scholarship meets the needs
of practitioners. Consequently, this inaugural editorial will seek to address the theory-policy relationship. Although its focus will be on International Relations, which constitutes my own specialization, similar or even identical
concerns can be raised for the field of Political Science as a whole.
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