LoginDepartment of Political Studies
Political Studies examines how people organize their collective affairs with special emphasis on political ideas, government, processes, institutions, and behaviour. It is the study of conflict, power, and the formulation of decisions that all citizens respect and follow. The discipline is commonly divided into a number of subfields, the most prominent being political theory, national government, comparative government and international relations. According to the subfield, students learn about elections, public policy, political and legal institutions, ideology, nation-state, war and diplomacy.
Our Focus
Faculty of the STM Political Studies Department have particular expertise in Canadian politics, contemporary political theory, political sociology and international conflict.
New & Noteworthy
Professor David McGrane recently authored two articles: “A Mixed Record: Gender and Saskatchewan Social Democracy”, Journal of Canadian Studies, 42, 1, (Winter 2008), pp. 179-203 and “The 2007 Provincial Election in Saskatchewan”, Canadian Political Science Review, 2, 1, March/April 2008, pp. 64-71.
In 2008 Professor Bohdan Kordan was invited to curate an exhibition of antiquarian maps of Ukraine in New York city. The exhibit was accompanied by a catalogue titled The Mapping of Ukraine: European Cartography and Maps of Early Modern Ukraine, 1550-1799. (New York: Ukrainian Museum of America, 2008.)
Political Studies Degree Requirements
College of Arts & Science Department of Political Studies
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