Political science

Current fields of study

Civics and comparative politics involve the comparison of patterns of political development?including forms of government?and processes of political change in different settings or at different times. In the United States and Canada, it may also include regional studies; that is, work focusing on a particular state, province or region.

Related Topics:
Civics - Comparative politics - Forms of government - United States - Canada

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Political theory involves the study of normative questions of government, ideology, regimes, movements, and the history of political philosophy.

Related Topics:
Government - Ideology - Political philosophy

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International relations focuses on the study of the dynamics of relations between states, and, more recently, on transnational issues such as the environment, human trafficking, trade, social movements, labor like co-operatives, or preventing terrorism.

Related Topics:
International relations - Environment - Human trafficking - Trade - Social movements - Labor - Co-operatives - Terrorism

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The complex interplay of economic and political choices is reflected in the field of political economy where political science tries to understand the normative implications of economic structures and theories.

Related Topics:
Economic - Political economy

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Public Administration studies the implementation, determination and outputs of public policies. It seeks to explain the role of political structure, bureaucratic politics and interest group activity on the public policy output and the policy performance of public sector entities.

Related Topics:
Public Administration - Bureaucratic - Interest group - Public policy - Public sector

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Political elites and political behavior, and the interplay between them, are studied in the field of political psychology.

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