This volume brings together original essays by scholars working on a diverse range of empirical issues, but whose work is in each case informed by a "historical institutional" approach to the study of ...

The major in government provides a broad introduction to the art, and science, of politics—that is, of the mechanisms by which human beings solve collective problems and pursue the common good. The ...

This course is compulsory on the MSc in Political Science (Conflict Studies and Comparative Politics). This course is not available as an outside option to students on other programmes. The course ...

In this article we explore the state of the discipline of comparative Asian politics. In particular we analyze five aspects of research on Asia: whether the empirical scope of research is largely ...

Admission to the PhD program has been paused for the 2025-2026 academic year. The Brandeis doctoral degree program in politics aims to prepare scholars, teachers, and policy analysts of the highest ...

A full account of degree requirements and procedures is contained in the Politics student handbook. To earn the PhD in Politics, a student must complete and pass the following: All PhD students are ...

This article argues that there is a strong role for empirical analysis to be used to address fundamental normative questions. Using human rights as an example, the article shows that the evolution of ...

Our graduate program in political science reflects changes in the discipline, shifts in the political landscape, and the additional new faculty who have expanded the depth and breadth of our offerings ...

This course is available on the MPhil/PhD in International Relations, MPhil/PhD in Social Policy and MRes in Political Science. This course is freely available as an outside option to students on ...

Analysis of kinship systems. Alliance of integration ; Variations in social differentiation and integration : a speculation ; Intimate-kin groups ; Method ; Presentation of results of analysis of ...

India’s fast growing economic and socio-political importance on the world stage has led to speculation and shifting expectations about how it can and will shape the global order. This Collection is ...

The Department of Political Science and International Relations currently offers a Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) degree, which consists of coursework during the first six semesters followed by ...