Interested in the politics of the world? Want answers to big questions at the heart of political science? Curious about how American politics compares to the rest of the world? We will discuss key ...

What do we mean by a comparative politics of gender? How would a comparative politics of gender advance our understanding of politics generally? What would it take to develop a gendered comparative ...

This course is compulsory on the MSc in Political Science (Conflict Studies and Comparative Politics). This course is not available as an outside option to students on other programmes. The course ...

Esther C. Jack-Vickers, Ph.D. Esther Jack-Vickers is an adjunct professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where she teaches Introduction to international relations, introduction to ...

Full-year programme. Students must take papers to the value of four full units as shown. All students are required to write a 10,000-word dissertation. Note that some of the courses must be taken ...

The Introduction to my new book Eminent Domain: A Comparative Perspective, is now available for free at the SSRN website. The Introduction summarizes the rest of the book, and describes the common ...

An undergraduate major in Political Science is first of all part of the liberal arts education that is the focus of the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences at Boston College. Both through courses ...

We elucidate a powerful yet simple method for deriving comparative statics conclusions for a wide variety of models: Monotone Comparative Statics (Milgrom and Shannon 1994). Monotone comparative ...

Our course offerings are listed in the Undergraduate Catalog. To see which courses are scheduled in upcoming semesters, go to the Dynamic Schedule. Government courses are small or medium-sized, with a ...

Most countries confront a variety of common political problems, including how to gain popular support, what kinds of political institutions are most appropriate, and how to distribute burdens and ...