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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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| * [[PoliticalScience/PivotalPoliticsModel|Pivotal Politics Model]] | 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. |
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| * [[PoliticalScience/InstitutionalDesign|Institutional design]] * [[PoliticalScience/MedianVoterTheorem|Median voter theorem]] * [[PoliticalScience/PivotalPoliticsModel|Pivotal politics model]] * [[PoliticalScience/RationalChoiceVoting|Rational choice voting]] |
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| * [[PoliticalScience/CageDistanceFramework|CAGE Distance Framework]] * [[PoliticalScience/WilsonLowiMatrix|Wilson-Lowi Matrix]] |
* [[PoliticalScience/CageDistanceFramework|CAGE distance framework]] * [[PoliticalScience/Outbidding|Outbidding]] * [[PoliticalScience/RegulatoryEconomics|Regulatory economics]] * [[PoliticalScience/WilsonLowiMatrix|Wilson-Lowi matrix]] |
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| * [[PoliticalScience/BargainingModelOfWar|Bargaining Model of War]] | * [[PoliticalScience/BargainingModelOfWar|Bargaining model of war]] * [[PoliticalScience/ConflictTheory|Conflict theory]] |
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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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| * [[AnEconomicTheoryOfDemocracy|An Economic Theory of Democracy]], Anthony Downs, 1957 * [[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 * [[TheTheoryOfPoliticalCoalitions|The Theory of Political Coalitions]], William H. Riker, 1962 * [[CongressmenInCommittees|Congressmen in Committees]], Richard F. Fenno, Jr., 1973 * [[CongressTheElectoralConnection|Congress: The Electoral Connection]], David R. Mayhew, 1974 * [[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 |
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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 * [[IsItTheMessageOrTheMessenger|Is It the Message or the Messenger? Examining Movement in Immigration Beliefs]], Hassan Afrouzi, Carolina Arteaga, and Emily Weisburst, 2024 |
* [[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 * [[PoliticiansTheoriesOfVotingBehavior|Politicians’ Theories of Voting Behavior]]; Jack Lucas, Lior Sheffer, Peter John Loewen, Stefaan Walgrave, Karolin Soontjens, Eran Amsalem, Stefanie Bailer, Nathalie Brack, Christian Breunig, Pirmin Bundi, Linda Coufal, Patrick Dumont, Sarah Lachance, Miguel M. Pereira, Mikael Persson, Jean-benoit Pilet, Anne Rasmussen, Maj-britt Sterba, and Frédéric Varone; 2024 * [[UnconditionalLoyalty|Unconditional Loyalty: The Survival of Minority Autocracies]], Salam Alsaadi, 2025 * [[FurtherBackToTheFuture|Further Back to the Future: Neo-Royalism, the Trump Administration, and the Emerging International System]], Stacie E. Goddard and Abraham Newman, 2025 == Data Notes == * Relevant government agencies, which link to many data notes: * [[UnitedStates/BureauOfJusticeStatistics|BJS]] * [[UnitedStates/BureauOfLaborStatistics|BLS]] * [[UnitedStates/CensusBureau|Census Bureau]] * [[UnitedStates/NationalCenterForEducationStatistics|NCES]] * [[UnitedStates/DepartmentOfHousingAndUrbanDevelopment|HUD]] * see UMich's [[InstituteForSocialResearch|ISR]] * [[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]] * [[InternationalSocialSurveyProgramme|ISSP]] * [[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
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
Politicians’ Theories of Voting Behavior; Jack Lucas, Lior Sheffer, Peter John Loewen, Stefaan Walgrave, Karolin Soontjens, Eran Amsalem, Stefanie Bailer, Nathalie Brack, Christian Breunig, Pirmin Bundi, Linda Coufal, Patrick Dumont, Sarah Lachance, Miguel M. Pereira, Mikael Persson, Jean-benoit Pilet, Anne Rasmussen, Maj-britt Sterba, and Frédéric Varone; 2024
Unconditional Loyalty: The Survival of Minority Autocracies, Salam Alsaadi, 2025
Further Back to the Future: Neo-Royalism, the Trump Administration, and the Emerging International System, Stacie E. Goddard and Abraham Newman, 2025
Data Notes
- Relevant government agencies, which link to many data notes:
see UMich's ISR