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New Publication in the Irish Times for Prof. Brendan O'Leary
Professor O'Leary has co-authored an article stemming from the ARINS/Irish Times survey results, released earlier this month. The article, "Trends…
Read MoreProfessor Brendan O'Leary Interviewed by the Irish Times Inside Politics Podcast
Professor O'Leary, Chair of the Political Science department and Chair of ARINS (Analyzing and Researching Ireland North and South) Public Opinion…
Read MoreNew Prize for Prof. Tariq Thachil's co-authored book
Tariq Thachil and his co-author Adam Auerbach’s book, Migrants and Machine Politics: How India's Urban Poor Seek Representation and Responsiveness (…
Read MoreUPenn's Beta Tau chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honors Society, has been awarded a Best Chapter Award for 2023-2024
This is the twelfth time that the chapter has received this award, which is quite an achievement! These awards are intended to recognize local…
Read MoreEmeritus Professor Rogers Smith featured in new article about the Most Patriotic States in America
Professor Rogers M. Smith was featured in WalletHub's recent article about Most Patriotic States In America. You can find it here: https://wallethub.…
Read MoreProfessor Tariq Thachil wins 2024 Giovanni Sartori Book Award
Tariq Thachil’s book, Migrants and Machine Politics, coauthored with Adam Auerbach, was awarded the 2024 Giovanni Sartori Book Award from APSA’s…
Read More2023 David A. Lake Award for best paper awarded to professor Julia Gray and Ph.D. student Chloe Ahn
Political science professor Julia Gray and graduate student Chloe Ahn received the 2023 David A. Lake Award for the best paper presented at the 20023…
Read MoreProfessor Edward Mansfield elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2024
Congratulations to Prof. Ed Mansfield, Hum Rosen Professor of Political Science and Christopher H. Browne Center director, who is one of five Penn…
Read MoreTwo graduate students receive Andrea Mitchell Center Fellowship for A24-25
Miranda Sklaroff and Yara Damaj, graduate students in Political Science, have been awarded the Andrea Mitchell Center Fellowship for the 2024-2025…
Read MoreGraduate Student Awards and Fellowships
Congratulations to the 5 Ph.D. students who have received a Dissertation Research Award for 2024-2025: Apurva Bamezai, Jason Hartwig, Nick Pangakis,…
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Penn’s Political Science Department is experiencing a renaissance. Over the past decade, our faculty has grown by 50%, an increase in quantity that has been matched by gains in quality. The strength of our faculty in each of four major subfields is being built with an eye to excellence embracing a variety of approaches and methodologies.
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Books
Under the Nuclear Shadow: China's Information-Age Weapons in Internal Security
How can states use military force to achieve their political aims without triggering a catastrophic nuclear war?
Partisan Hostility and American Democracy
For generations, experts argued that American politics needed cohesive parties to function effectively.
Regimes of Inequality: The Political Economy of Health and Wealth
Since the 1990s, mainstream political parties have failed to address the problem of growing inequality, resulting in political backlash and the transformation of European party systems.
Elite Parties, Poor Voters: How Social Services Win Votes in India
Why do poor people often vote against their material interests?
The Principle of Political Hope: Progress, Action, and Democracy in Modern Thought
Refreshing and lucid, Goldman reconstructs hope as a necessary condition for social and political engagement, reinvigorating the possibility of utopia in the process.
Winners and Losers: The Psychology of Foreign Trade
Winners and Losers challenges conventional wisdom about how American citizens ...