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The University of Wisconsin Political Science Department is one of the nation's oldest and most respected programs. Our department is highly ranked in national surveys, and our award-winning faculty are known for innovative research on the discipline's most current and important questions. Our dedication to teaching is also apparent: we are one of the largest majors on campus, with a commitment to excellence in undergraduate instruction. Read more about us...

5/22/2013 - Leticia Bode, Poli Sci Ph.D, receives award for best dissertation,
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5/14/2013 - Prof. Pevehouse Op-Ed on humanitarian intervention in Syria on CNN.com
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5/13/2013 - Prof. Zumbrunnen receives Education Innovation Grant
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5/13/2013 - Grad Students Katelyn Jones and Jinjie Liu receives Institute for Humane Studies Fellowship, 2013-14
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5/13/2013 - Profs. Manion and Pevehouse voted Best in Class by College of Letters and Science students
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5/7/2013 - International Relations Colloquium
12:00 PM Ogg Room
5/8/2013 - Comparative Politics Colloquium
1:20 PM Ogg Room
5/9/2013 - Political Economy Colloquium
11:45 AM Ogg Room
5/9/2013 - Democracy and Dysfunction in India
12:00 PM 206 Ingraham
5/10/2013 - Comparative Political Theory Conference at UW-Madison
9:00 AM Education Building, Rooms 159 and 198
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Jimmy Klausen "Jeremy Waldron’s Partial Kant:  Indigenous Proximity, Colonial Injustice, Cultural Particularism,"  Polity 46.2 (April 2014).   
David Weimer, and Simon F. Haeder, “You Can't Make Me Do It: State Implementation of Insurance Exchanges under the Affordable Care Act.” Public Administration Review 2013.   
Ryan Owens, and Ryan C. Black, “A Built-In Advantage: The Office of the Solicitor General and the U.S. Supreme Court.” Political Research Quarterly 66 (2013): 454-66.   
John Ahlquist, Michael D. Ward, and Arturas Rozenas, “Gravity's Rainbow: A Dynamic Latent Space Model for the World Trade Network,” Network Science 1, 1 (2013): 95-118   
John Ahlquist, Michael D. Ward and Arturas Rozenas 2013. Gravity's Rainbow: A dynamic latent space model for the world trade network. Network Science, 1, pp 95-118. doi:10.1017/nws.2013.1.
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8888783&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S2050124213000015  
Scott Gehlbach, Formal Models of Domestic Politics, Cambridge University Press, 2013.   
Christina Ewig, and Myra Marx Ferree, “Feminist Organizing: What’s Old, What’s New? History, Trends, and Issues,” in Karen Celis, Johanna Kantola, Georgina Waylen, and Laurel Weldon, eds. The Oxford Handbook on Gender and Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.   
Richard Avramenko, and Richard Boyd, "Subprime Virtues: The Moral Dimensions of American Housing and Mortgage Policy." Perspectives on Politics, 11, 1 (2013): 111-131.
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8864499  
Barry Burden, "The Nominations: Ideology, Timing, and Organization," in Michael Nelson, ed., The Elections of 2012 (Thousand Oaks, CA: CQ Press, 2013), pp. 21-46.   
Jimmy Klausen, “Reservations on Hospitality:  Contact and Vulnerability in Kant and Indigenous Action.”  In Hospitality and World Politics.  Palgrave Studies in International Relations.  Edited by Gideon Baker.  Palgrave-Macmillan.  2013.  197-218.   
Andrew Kydd, and Scott Straus, “The Road to Hell? Third-Party Intervention to Prevent Atrocities.” American Journal of Political Science 2013.   
Ryan Owens, Justin P. Wedeking, and Patrick C. Wohlfarth, "How the Supreme Court Alters Opinion Language to Evade Congressional Review." Journal of Law and Courts 1, 1 (2013): 35-59.