№ 3 - 2007
Plyays Ya.A.
New Stage in the Development of Political Science in Russia

The processes of official recognition and institutionalization of political science in the USSR/RF, of the formation of the professional community’s infrastructure are investigated in the article. The author analyses the Higher Certifying Commission’s statistics for the period of 1990 to 2006 in their different aspects, discusses problems and consequences of the processes of dissertation boards’ reorganization. The analysis carried out allows to ascertain the indubitable quantitative growth and qualitative development of political science in Russia.