政治學經過了一百多年的發展，二十一世紀究竟會有什麼變化?政治學 者在跨世紀時正在思考建立政治學的學科歷史。本文以為這種趨勢一方面是為建 立起一個專門且獨立的學科所共有的價值與認同之外，另一方面也有意為政治科 學及學者所肩負的責任，找出合法性或正當性基礎。 其次，一門獨立的學科必有其典範，但典範卻經常在改變。跨世紀的政治學既有 的典範為何，是否正在位移?本文認為，政治學典範的整理，不僅要從學科歷史 中去整理，也需要從方法上去檢驗。 政治學的發展和每個國家的政權性質有關。例如在民主國家，政治學的發展猶如 該國的民主化歷史。因此，政治學與政權的關係為何?是跨世紀政治學發展的另 一個思考趨勢。 二十一世紀政治學的新趨勢，對台灣政冶學界有何影響?我們必須思考台灣政治 學的主體性、歷史性、政治性與現實性，才能為二十一世紀台灣政治科學的發展 找出方向。

　　　　　In retrospect to its past more than one hundred years developing, whatprospect does political science has in twenty-first century? Political scientistsare seeking to identify a specific history for political science recent yearsaround millennium. The striving of building the disciplinary history ishelpful to political scientists to share its value and identity in common. Also,this attempt is to endorse the legitimacy and to embed the responsibility intothe political science community. Moreover, as a salient discipline, political science must have its ownparadigms; however, as Kuhn said, paradigms have usually been shifting.What paradigms have political science had this time around millennium?How will these paradigms be shifting toward twenty-first century? It is themoment right now to examine all the paradigms of political science not onlyfrom the history but also from the methods. The development of political science in any country is related to itspropensity of regime. In a democratic state, for example, its developing ofpolitical science is as well as its democratization process. Along this line,what the real relationship between political science and regime is the majorthinking tendency in developing political science around millennium. What will this new tide of political science develop when into twenty-first century affect Taiwan's political science community? The authorsbelieve that the sooner to investigate the actuality, history and itsrelationship with political regime of Taiwan's political science, the better tobuild up the discipline's status. Then, Taiwan's political science developingwill be on the right track toward the twenty-first century.