“Once one starts to think about” economic growth, “it is hard to think about anything else.” Those words, from the late economist Robert Lucas, explain why we’re so fascinated by international ...

Political science is a social science discipline focused on the study of political institutions, behavior, ideas, and the analytical methods used to examine them. The department’s work is structured ...

While a majority of people express a commitment to most of our social and political institutions and the democratic form of governance enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, there are those who relish ...