Political Science

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http://web.gc.cuny.edu/dept/POLIT/index.htm

Designed to train professional political scientists, the M.A./Ph.D. Program in Political Science provides students with opportunities to develop a substantive knowledge of politics and to increase their analytical and critical skills. Although the program features a diversity of approaches, all students are expected both to specialize and to develop an understanding of the discipline as a whole.

Fields and subfields
American Politics. American political thought; national institutions; constitutional law and judicial behavior; political processes (voting, parties, and public opinion); subnational politics and federalism.
Comparative Politics. Comparative method and analytical concepts; parliamentary democracies; post-communist political systems; modernizing nations; cross-system analysis.
International Politics. Theories and concepts; foreign policy; international organization, interdepen-dence, and transnationalism; international political economy.
Political Theory. Ancient and medieval political thought; modern political thought (Machiavelli through Marx); contemporary political thought (Nietzsche to the present); analytical theory; modern systematic theory.
Public Policy. Theories of the policy process; policy analysis; American public policy; comparative public policy; substantive public policy (e.g., health, housing, education); urban politics and policy.

Cross-Field Specializations
Human Rights, Political Economy, Political Psychology, Quantitative Analysis, Urban Politics

Affiliated Institutions
New School University, Fordham University, New York University, Teachers College, Columbia University