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Rudra Sil's book is the main subject of a symposium just published in ...
Rudra Sil's book - a coedited volume titled Comparative Area Studies: Methodological Rationales and Cross-Regional Applications (Oxford University…
Read MoreGuy Grossman Receives PolNet's Best Conference Paper Award
PolNet has announced this year's winner of the Best Conference Paper Award, awarded to the best paper on political networks presented at a conference…
Read MoreDawn Teele's new book
After the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, a large cohort of women emerged to run for office. But women are still far less likely than men to seek…
Read MoreBook co-written by Guy Grossman selected as the winner of the 2019 Best Book in Experimental Research by the Experimental Research Section of APSA
Information, Accountability, and Cumulative Learning: Lessons from Metaketa I has been selected as the winner of the 2019 Best Book in Experimental…
Read MoreGuy 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…
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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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Avery Goldstein
David M. Knott Professor of Global Politics and International Relations
Tulia Falleti
Class of 1965 Endowed Term Professor of Political Science; Director of Latin American and Latinx Studies Program; Senior Fellow Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Roxanne Euben
Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences
Tariq Thachil
Associate Professor Director, Center for Advanced Study of India, Madan Lal Sobti Associate Professor for the Study of Contemporary India
Anne Norton
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Books
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 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
Elite Parties, Poor Voters: How Social Services Win Votes in India
Why do poor people often vote against their material interests?
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