Political institutions are the electoral, legislative, executive, and judicial forums where government unfolds. This track looks at how such institutions are designed, their relationship to the cultural and economic context, and the extent to which various institutions succeed in promoting aims like stability, growth, or democracy. Courses also examine the political organizations that form alongside governments such as parties, business lobbies, labor unions, and advocacy groups. Examples are drawn from mature democracies, authoritarian regimes, and developing countries.
- PSCI/INTR 101 Introduction to Comparative Politics
- PSCI 105 Introduction to American Politics
- PSCI 121 Democracy in America
- PSCI 167M Democracy: Past and Present
- PSCI 202W Argument in Political Science
- PSCI 211 Conspiracy Theories in American Politics
- PSCI 212 Supreme Court in U.S. History
- PSCI 215 American Elections
- INTR 215 Populism in 21st Century Politics
- PSCI 218 Emergence of the Modern Congress
- PSCI 219 Congress as an Institution
- INTR 221 European Nationalism
- PSCI 222 U.S. Presidency
- PSCI 223 Constitutional Structure and Rights
- INTR 223 Opposition in an Authoritarian State: Poland, 1945-1989
- PSCI 226 Act Locally? Local Government in the U.S.
- PSCI 227 Designing American Democracy
- PSCI 228 Race, Ethnicity, and American Politics
- PSCI 232 Disagreement in a Democratic Society
- PSCI 233W Innovation in Public Service
- PSCI 235 The Political Economy of U.S. Food Policy
- PSCI 237 U.S. Policymaking Processes
- PSCI 238 Business and Politics
- PSCI 241 Urban Change and City Politics
- PSCI 243 Environmental Politics
- PSCI 244K Politics and Markets: Innovation and The Global Business Environment
- INTR 246 Religious Nationalism
- PSCI 247 Green Markets: Environmental Opportunities and Pitfalls
- INTR 247 Zionism and Its Discontents
- PSCI 248 Discrimination
- PSCI/INTR 250 Comparative Democratic Representation
- PSCI/INTR 251 Authoritarian Politics
- PSCI/INTR 252 Ethnic Politics
- PSCI/INTR 253 Comparative Political Parties
- PSCI/INTR 254 The U.S. in the Middle East
- PSCI/INTR 256 Theories of Comparative Politics
- PSCI/INTR 257 The Origins of the Modern World
- PSCI/INTR 258 Democratic Regimes
- PSCI/INTR 259 Order, Violence, and the State
- PSCI/INTR 260 Democratic Erosion
- PSCI/INTR 261 Latin American Politics
- PSCI/INTR 262 Elections in Developing Countries
- PSCI/INTR 263 Democratization
- PSCI/INTR 264 Comparative Political Institutions
- PSCI/INTR 265 Civil War and the International System
- PSCI/INTR 266 The Politics of India and Pakistan
- PSCI/INTR 267 Identity, Ethnicity and Nationalism
- PSCI/INTR 269 Migration, Economic Change, and Conflict
- PSCI/INTR 276 The Politics of Insurgency
- PSCI/INTR 279 War and the Nation State
- INTR 283 Politics in the European Union
- PSCI 291 First Amendment and Religion
- PSCI/INTR 373 Territory and Group Conflict
- PSCI 394 Local Law and Politics Internships
- PSCI/INTR 394A European Political Internship
- PSCI 394C Washington Semester Internship
- PSCI 399 Washington Semester