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Cornell’s department of government is devoted to the study of political power, political institutions, public policy, public opinion and participation, political economy, interactions between citizens and governments, and the international system.
The field of Government is divided into four subfields:
American Politics(the political behavior, policies, and institutions of the United States) Comparative Politics(the political institutions and processes of countries around the world) International Relations(transactions between states, international organizations and transnational actors) Political Theory & Philosophy(normative theories of politics and history of political thought)
The Institute for Advanced Studies Peter Katzenstein has been awarded a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton University, for the 2009-2010 academic year.September 5th, 2009
Honorary Lifetime Member Peter Katzenstein has been named an Honorary Lifetime Member of the Swill Political Science Association.September 4th, 2009
The Department of Government is now accepting nominations for the Katzenstein Book Prize
Enclosing in God’s Name, Accumulating for Mankind: John Locke’s Theory of Progress.September 18th, 2009
Drive as the structure of biopolitics (or, Foucault’s Lacanian heart). October 2nd, 2009
Workshop on the Global Implications of the Financial Crisis October 31st, 2009
Freedom Without Empire: The Paradox of America’s Settler Legacy November 20th, 2009
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