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 ...

Paul Schiff Berman, Walter S. Cox Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School Paul Schiff Berman is one of the world’s foremost theorists on the interactions among legal systems. He is ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of the most notorious features of the French ancien régime was the practice of venality of office -- that is, the buying and selling of state offices that often served as a ticket into the ...

Can a bad person be a good leader? Machiavelli may have an answer. What if a person is a good leader… and a bad person? In this episode of Crash Course Political Theory, we unpack that idea through ...

See how artists have shaped politics and politicians have failed to stop them. Art and politics may seem like mortal enemies, but they’re more like best frenemies forever. In this episode of Crash ...

This article, presented in the backdrop of the debates on the state of political theory in India, argues that the terms of debate need to shift to include the question of method of doing political ...

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 ...