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== Comparative Politics ==
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Pretty much everything where states are the unit of analysis.

 * [[PoliticalScience/Democratization|Democratization]]
 * [[PoliticalScience/InternationalDevelopment|International Development]]

== Political Parties and Movements ==

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/MedianVoterTheorem|Median Voter Theorem]]
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== Miscellany ==
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== Comparative Politics ==

 * [[PoliticalScience/Democratization|Democratization]]
 * [[PoliticalScience/InternationalDevelopment|International Development]]
 * resources for Comparative Politics on this wiki:
 * [[PoliticalScience/SouthernExceptionalism|Southern exceptionalism]]
 * Some resources on this wiki:
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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
== 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]]
 * [[GeneralSocialSurvey|GSS]]

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

Reading Notes

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

Data Notes


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