List of the World Congresses of Political Science

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XXVII World Congress Politics in the Age of Transnational Crises: Vulnerability and Resilience

Buenos Aires, Argentina
Participants: 2,995

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2021

XXVI World Congress New Nationalisms in an Open World

Virtual
Participants: 2,762

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2018

XXV World Congress Borders and Margins

Brisbane, Australia
Participants: 2,239

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2016

XXIV World CongressPolitics in a World of Inequality

Poznań, Poland
Participants: 2,587

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2014

XXIII World CongressChallenges of Contemporary Governance

Montréal, Canada
Participants: 2,323

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2012

XXII World CongressReshaping Power, Shifting Boundaries

Madrid, Spain
Participants: 3,081

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2009

XXI World CongressGlobal Discontent?
Dilemmas of Change

Santiago, Chile
Participants: 2,389

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2006

XX World CongressIs Democracy working?

Fukuoka, Japan
Participants: 1,925

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2003

XIX World CongressDemocracy, Tolerance, Justice

Durban, South Africa
Participants: 1,011

2000

XVIII World CongressWorld Capitalism, Governance and Community: toward a corporate millennium?

Quebec, Canada
Participants: 1,849

1997

XVII World CongressConflict and Order

Seoul, South Korea
Participants: 1,470

1994

XVI World CongressDemocratisation

Berlin, Germany
Participants: 1,884

1991

XV World CongressCentres and peripheries in contemporary politics: Interdependence and power asymmetrie

Buenos Aires, Argentina
Participants: 1,400

1988

XIV World CongressToward a global political science

Washington DC, USA
Participants: 1,265

1985

XIII World CongressThe changing state and its interaction with national and international society

Paris, France
Participants: 1,763

1982

XII World CongressSociety beyond the state in the 1980s

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Participants: 1477

1979

XI World CongressPeace, development, knowledge: contributions of political science

Moscow, Russia
Participants: 1466

1976

X World CongressTime, space and politics

Edinburgh, Scotland
Participants: 1081

1973

IX World CongressPolitics between economy and culture & Key issues in international conflict and peace research

Montréal, Canada
Participants: 1044

1970

VIII World Congress

Munich, Germany
Participants: 894

1967

VII World Congress

Brussels, Belgium
Participants: 745

1964

VI World Congress

Geneva, Switzerland
Participants: 494

1961

V World Congress

Paris, France
Participants: 425

1958

IV World Congress

Rome, Italy
Participants: 320

1955

III World Congress

Stockholm, Sweden
Participants: 275

1952

II World Congress

Hague, Netherlands
Participants: 220

1950

I World Congress

Zurich, Switzerland
Participants: 81