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| '''Political science''' is best defined in comparison to [[PoliticalPhilosophy|political philosophy]]: one attempts to understand politics from first principles, reasoned outward, in a coherent and consistent theory; the other attempts to understand politics from observations and theories of what explains the variance therein. This page addresses the ''latter''. | |
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| == Comparative Politics == | |
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| == Political Philosophy == | Pretty much everything where states are the unit of analysis. |
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| * [[PoliticalSceince/Pluralism|Pluralism]] | * [[PoliticalScience/CityPolitics|City Politics]] * [[PoliticalScience/Democratization|Democratization]] * [[PoliticalScience/InternationalDevelopment|International Development]] |
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| == Political Parties and Movements == | |
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| Comparative politics methods applied to non-states. There is some overlap with public choice theory (esp. [[PoliticalScience/InstitutionalDesign|institutional design]]). * [[PoliticalScience/CriticalElectionsTheory|Critical Elections Theory]] * [[PoliticalScience/IssuesEvolutionModel|Issues Evolution Model]] * [[PoliticalScience/PartyPolarization|Party Polarization]] |
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| Public choice and social choice are highly interconnected. In general, public choice seeks to be strictly positive, while social choice leans into [[PoliticalPhilosophy|philosophy]] and normative study. Like, 'given a voting system, which agent has most control' vs. 'what is the most fair voting system'. But the theorists fundamentally speak the same language, and it's more coherent to group them together by field of study. * [[PoliticalScience/InstitutionalDesign|Institutional Design]] * [[PoliticalScience/MedianVoterTheorem|Median Voter Theorem]] |
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| * [[PoliticalScience/RallyAroundTheFlagEffect|Rally around the flag effect]] | |
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| == Miscellany == | |
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== Comparative Politics == * resources for Comparative Politics on this wiki: |
* [[PoliticalScience/AffectivePolarization|Affective Polarization]] * [[PoliticalScience/GiniCoefficient|Gini coefficient]] * [[PoliticalScience/SouthernExceptionalism|Southern exceptionalism]] * Some resources on this wiki: |
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| * [[WhoGoverns|Who Governs? Democracy and Power in an American City]], Robert Dahl, 1961 * [[TheCalculusOfConsent|The Calculus of Consent]], James M. Buchanon and Gordon Tullock, 1962 * [[CongressmenInCommittees|Congressmen in Committees]], Richard F. Fenno, Jr., 1973 * [[Autocracy]], Gordon Tullock, 1987 |
Note: reading notes for the above topics are listed on the respective pages, ''not here''. * [[EnglandInTheAgeOfTheAmericanRevolution|England in the Age of the American Revolution]], Lewis Namier, 1931 * [[ExitVoiceAndLoyalty|Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States]], Albert O. Hirschman, 1970 |
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| * [[InternationalHumanRightsLawAndPracticeInLatinAmerica|International Human Rights Law and Practice in Latin America]], Ellen Lutz and Kathryn Sikkink, 2000 * [[TheTragedyOfGreatPowerPolitics|The Tragedy of Great Power Politics]], John J. Mearsheimer, 2014 (2nd ed.) * [[CityDiplomacy|City Diplomacy: From City-States to Global Cities]], Raffaele Marchetti, 2021 * [[EpistemicSuperimposition|Epistemic superimposition: the war in Ukraine and the poverty of expertise in international relations theory]], Jan Dutkiewicz and Jan Smolenski, in Journal of International Relations and Development (2023) * [[ToHelpEndWarInUkraineTheQuadShouldBackIndiaToEngageRussia|To help end war in Ukraine, the Quad should back India to engage Russia]], Adarsh Badri, 2023 |
* [[MeasuringInternalPoliticalEfficacyInThe1988NationalElectionStudy|Measuring Internal Political Efficacy in the 1988 National Election Study]]; Richard G. Niemi, Stephen C. Craig, and Franco Mattei; 2014 * [[RacialConflictInGlobalSociety|Racial Conflict in Global Society]], John Stone and Polly Rizova, 2014 * [[EconomicSanctionsAsAForeignPolicyTool|Economic Sanctions as a Foreign Policy Tool]], Michael Klein and Daniel W. Drezner, 2024 * [[UnconditionalLoyalty|Unconditional Loyalty: The Survival of Minority Autocracies]], Salam Alsaadi, 2025 == Data Notes == * Relevant government agencies, which link to many data notes: * [[UnitedStates/BureauOfJusticeStatistics|BJS]] * [[UnitedStates/BureauOfLaborStatistics|BLS]] * [[UnitedStates/CensusBureau|Census Bureau]] * [[AliceProject|ALICE Project]] * [[AmericanNationalElectionStudies|ANES]] * [[UnitedStates/CentralIntelligenceAgency/WorldFactbook|CIA World Factbook]] * [[ComparativeStudyOfElectoralSystems|CSES]] * [[EuropeanElectionStudies|EES]] * [[EuropeanSocialSurvey|ESS]] * [[FreedomInTheWorld|Freedom House's Freedom in the World]] * [[GeneralSocialSurvey|GSS]] * [[MostImportantProblemDataset|MIPD]] * [[Polity]] * [[VarietiesOfDemocracy|V-Dem]] * [[WorldGovernanceIndicatorsProject|WGI]] * [[WorldValuesSurvey|WVS]] |
Political Science
Political science is best defined in comparison to political philosophy: one attempts to understand politics from first principles, reasoned outward, in a coherent and consistent theory; the other attempts to understand politics from observations and theories of what explains the variance therein. This page addresses the latter.
Comparative Politics
Pretty much everything where states are the unit of analysis.
Political Parties and Movements
Comparative politics methods applied to non-states. There is some overlap with public choice theory (esp. institutional design).
Public Choice and Social Choice Theory
Public choice and social choice are highly interconnected. In general, public choice seeks to be strictly positive, while social choice leans into philosophy and normative study. Like, 'given a voting system, which agent has most control' vs. 'what is the most fair voting system'. But the theorists fundamentally speak the same language, and it's more coherent to group them together by field of study.
Political Economy
International Relations
Miscellany
- Some resources on this wiki:
listings of states and city-states
listings of empires (including de facto empires)
Reading Notes
Note: reading notes for the above topics are listed on the respective pages, not here.
England in the Age of the American Revolution, Lewis Namier, 1931
Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States, Albert O. Hirschman, 1970
Hard and Soft Law in International Governance, Kenneth Abbott and Duncan Snidal, 2000
Measuring Internal Political Efficacy in the 1988 National Election Study; Richard G. Niemi, Stephen C. Craig, and Franco Mattei; 2014
Racial Conflict in Global Society, John Stone and Polly Rizova, 2014
Economic Sanctions as a Foreign Policy Tool, Michael Klein and Daniel W. Drezner, 2024
Unconditional Loyalty: The Survival of Minority Autocracies, Salam Alsaadi, 2025
Data Notes
- Relevant government agencies, which link to many data notes: