Political theory and political philosophy are disciplines that interrogate the fundamental principles underlying political life, ranging from the nature and legitimacy of power to the evaluation of ...

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 ...

I’m sometimes asked by students in my political theory classes, “Professor, you’ve taught us about all sorts of different political theories, but what are your political beliefs?” To which my response ...

2 political scientists at Princeton help revive debate on how European liberals of centuries past viewed colonialism and imperialism It is one of the most troubling puzzles in the history of political ...

Released in 2014, here is Werner Bonefeld's seminal book on critical theory and the critique of political economy. Bonefeld originally studied with Johannes Agnoli and was a founder of the Open ...

Vilfredo Pareto’s Contributions to Modern Social Theory: A Centennial Appraisal, Christopher Adair-Toteff, ed. (Routledge, 208 pp., $170) Last year marked the 100th anniversary of the death of Italian ...

On Thursday, November 11, 2021 Boston Review hosted a virtual roundtable in memory of Charles W. Mills. Mills, who passed away in September, was Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate ...

Originalism’s politico-theoretical premises are hostile to the premises undergirding the administrative state and living constitutionalism. The concentration of lawmaking power into the hands of the ...

Are you an aspiring lawyer? Or, are you interested in a career as a government official? Perhaps you’re simply interested in learning about Western politics and how our political landscape became what ...

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 ...