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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.

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 * [[AnEconomicTheoryOfDemocracy|An Economic Theory of Democracy]], Anthony Downs, 1957
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 * [[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
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 * [[TheLimitsOfParty|The Limits of Party: Congress and Lawmaking in a Polarized Era]], James M. Curry and Frances E. Lee, 2020
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 * [[ACaseForCongress|A Case for Congress: Shared Power for a Divided Society]], Frances E. Lee, 2024

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.

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

Comparative Politics

Reading Notes

Note: reading notes for the above topics are listed on the respective pages, not here.


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