The meaning of the term Polizeiwissenschaft (or Policeywissenschaft) varies. Historically, it denoted in a general sense the totality of all early modern academic concerns with Policey (policing, public order; Police [political order]). In the narrower sense, it denotes a subject instituted and taught between the mid-18th and mid-19th centuries exclusively in German and Austrian universities; the intent was to systematically and academically combine the constitutional, administrative, and economic aspects included at that time under Policey or considered most impor…