Explore how political economy examines the impacts of economic theories, like capitalism, on real-world interactions and policies globally.

A January Pew Research Center poll showed that less than 60 percent of Americans could correctly answer questions about American politics. Boston University professors were not surprised by the ...

The Roman Republic fell roughly 2,000 years ago — the culmination of a series of events including Julius Caesar’s assassination 2,069 years ago today. Yet the republic’s ruin still influences how we ...

The recent killing of Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, has reignited a national debate about the boundaries between political opinion and hate speech. When does political opinion cross the ...

Politics is ubiquitous but often unseen or misunderstood. This course introduces students to key ideas and practices that constitute modern politics, providing them with the concepts and language to ...

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 ...

Political violence is the deliberate use of power and force to achieve political goals[1], often outside the boundaries of legal and democratic processes. A Pew Research Center survey[2] of 3,445 U.S.

One of the opening pedagogical directions in any political science or political philosophy beginning classes is to make a comparison between being a politician and being a political scientist. The ...