M.A. Political Science

Political science is the study of governments, public policies and political processes, systems, and political behavior. Political science subfields include political theory, political philosophy, political ideology, political economy, policy studies and analysis, comparative politics, international relations, and a host of related fields. The study of politics emphasizes several challenging and critical issues:
· the exercise of power in formal governmental institutions and in non-governmental institutions, from interest groups to human rights organizations to corporate board rooms
· political systems, their historical context, and the social and economic systems with which they interact
· the ideas of the great political thinkers, and how those ideas might apply in contemporary practice
how public policy gets formulated, legislated, implemented, and evaluated and how democratic and accessible is the process.