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Guy Grossman in Penn Today
A new study co-authored by Guy Grossman has been featured in Penn Today: Do political beliefs affect social distancing?
Read MoreCongratulations Class of 2020!
Graduation Program for May 18, 2020
Read MoreAlvin Z. Rubinstein Award
The Department of Political Science has selected Mikhail Strokan as the recipient of the Alvin Z. Rubinstein Award for the 2019-2020 academic year. …
Read MoreTariq Thachil Named Director of CASI
Steven J. Fluharty, Dean and Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Professor of Psychology, Pharmacology, and Neuroscience, has announced that Tariq Thachil has been…
Read MoreBrendan O’Leary’s A Treatise on Northern Ireland Won the James S. Donnelly Sr. Prize for the best book in History & Social Science
Brendan O’Leary’s A Treatise on Northern Ireland has won the James S. Donnelly Sr. Prize for the best book in History & Social Science from the …
Read MoreInterview with Ian Lustick
Ian Lustick was interviewed for The Real News Network. In his new book, “Paradigm Lost: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality,” Lustick…
Read MoreMonkey Cage features a piece by Julia Lynch
Julia Lynch wrote a piece with Scott Greer for The Monkey Cage on social policies for COVID-19. The article can be found here.
Read MoreYue Hou's papers featured in the Economist
The Economist featured two of Yue Hou's papers on ethnic bias in China. The article can be found here.
Read MoreBrendan O'Leary in The Economist
The Economist magazine’s frontcover story this week (Feb 15-21) is A United Ireland: Could It Really Happen? In its Briefing within, A Treatise on…
Read MoreInterview with Ian Lustick
An interview with Ian Lustick on duvarenglish.com can be found at https://www.duvarenglish.com/politics/2020/01/21/repeated-military-victory-over-…
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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.
Featured People
Diana Mutz
Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Political Science and Communication, Director, Institute for the Study of Citizens and Politics
Beth Simmons
Andrea Mitchell University Professor of Law and Political Science
Amy Gutmann
University President and Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science
Rogers Smith
Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science; President, American Political Science Association, 2018-2019
Books
The Eyes of the People: Democracy in an Age of Spectatorship
For centuries it has been assumed that democracy must refer to the empowerment of the People's voice.
The Loud Minority: Why Protests Matter in American Democracy
How political protests and activism have a direct influence on voter and candidate behavior
The Substance of Representation Congress, American Political Development, and Lawmaking
Lawmaking is crucial to American democracy because it completely defines and regulates the public life of the nation.
The Shadow of Unfairness: A Plebeian Theory of Liberal Democracy
In this sequel to his prize-winning book, The Eyes of the People, Jeffrey Edward Green draws on philosophy, history, social science, and literature to ask what democracy can mean in a worl
The Spirit of Compromise: Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It
To govern in a democracy, political leaders have to compromise. When they do not, the result is political paralysis―dramatically demonstrated by the gridlock in Congress in recent years.