Internal Review 1953–1990: Political Commitment Versus Science

Abstract

How the analytical-evaluating processing of the great amount of information in the Review may serve the development of public service and the internal administration and operation. The integration of the Review in the national science and adjusting to its norms contributes to scientific-level recognition and popularization of the ministry activities. The application of the law enforcement journal as a means of propaganda further enriched the possibilities of the Interior Ministry leaders to express their aims. In the journal’s history, the first openly communicated political commitment gradually left scope for professional and scientific aspects from the 60s, but all along it hindered the expression of higher scientific efficiency, however, with different intensity in different periods.