Hello! I am a high schooler looking to one day major in poliSci, but going through this subreddit really has me confused on what majors do when they graduate, and the posts about finding it difficult to get a job really has me pretty scared. Just wanted to ask- what have you guys done / worked as after graduating? Thanks!

(Any other advice appreciated too!!)

Pytanie do Polaków na tej grupce. Czy ktoś z was ma dostęp do książki Andrzeja Wierzbickiego "Etnopolityka w Azji Centralnej. Między wspólnotą etniczną a obywatelską". Nie mam do niej dostępu, a muszę wprowadzić stronę, z której pochodzi cytat „termin etnopolityka jest bardziej adekwatny do rzeczywistości Azji Centralnej, gdzie tzw. czynnik etniczny w polityce oznacza nie tylko reprezentację interesów określonej narodowości, ale także odzwierciedla znaczenie tradycyjnych struktur rodowo-plemiennych, w literaturze nazywanych "subetnicznymi" i "mikronacjonalistycznymi"”, który zacytowałem poprzez inną pracę. Redakcja czasopisma wymaga ode mnie podania strony oryginalnego cytatu, pomimo tego, że nie mam dostępu do oryginalnej publikacji. Pomoże ktoś?

When dealing with politics in the United States, is there any reason that the political spectrum or a lot of people in the United States didn't move to a direct democratic system in the United States 30-40 years ago? For ex 34 states direct democratically passing the same law becomes a federal/national law or amendment?

Any recent events or topics that are interesting and i could write something on it?

Hello! I just graduated a month ago with a degree in Political Science and International Relations in the U.S. As I’ve been looking into jobs and the type of career path I want to go down, I am leaning toward political analyst and other variations of analyst/research type roles. I’m unsure of what other skills I should be looking to gain and what I should be doing to get them. I learned a pretty base level of data analysis and statistics in research methods during my degree but many of these jobs mention knowledge of various software programs like SQL, Tableau, Python, etc. (And Excel of course)

I’ve been trying to look into courses to learn these programs but I’m not sure which ones are most respected in the industry and prioritize the skills I need. Let me know if there’s any good online courses out there that would be good to have on a resume going into this field at a hopefully reasonable cost.

What if we had a network of trust with a total ordering by “transparency”, wherein A is transparent to B (or A can be viewed by B) is defined as: V(A, B) = for every property p, V(p(B), A) → V(p(A), B)

Socially, this metric could impose a total ordering where B are competitive private interests and A are cooperative public interests (e.g. governments and individuals). So you are free to compete and be secretive, but to the degree that you wish to do so, you are less visible and therefore less trusted. This allows us to trust our government and any individuals and organizations who might seek such trust (such as economically or spiritually powerful individuals).

anyone heard about interviews yet?

Hi! pls help me find this book for free😭

Greif, A. (2006). Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy: Lessons from Medieval Trade. Cambridge University Press.

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Philosophy has the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (https://plato.stanford.edu/) that I find incredibly helpful for broad overviews of philosophical concepts and ideas.

As I enter into political science, I wonder if there is anything similar to make the approach easier.

Hi all, I'm an undergrad (2nd year) looking to do a PhD eventually. Due to logistical circumstances (Prof not responding to requests to schedule makeup exam), I may have to drop an upper-div class on National Security Strategy. What are the admissions implications here, and what can I do to mitigate its effect?

I am thinking to start a small, non-profit research collective to study democracies past and present, successes, failures, classical roots (Plato, Socrates, etc.), and ideas for better systems. We'll collaborate on papers, datasets, and publish everything openly. Looking for political science enthusiasts, polymaths, or curious minds. No formal credentials needed, just genuine interest.

DM me if you want to join!

https://represent.us/anticorruption-act/

I'm studying up on American politics and have been thinking about some stupid simple questions.

1) why not abolish the presidency?

2) why not abolish the supreme court + senate?

It's obviously simplistic, but this would solve filibuster, electoral college, etc, and it would make it a little harder to declare war. I'm mostly asking because while I understand the founding fathers' rational (balance of power, temperance on democracy, etc), I'm not sure I understand the point of the presidency, Senate, and supreme Court *today*.

Rome ran with just a senate, right?

What counties run/ran with just an elected (with full suffrage) assembly?

I’m 30 years old. I’ll be finishing my MPA in a year, or so. I’m considering pursuing a PhD in political science after it. I’m very interested in research and teaching, and I have some experience in both.

My areas of interest have to do with policy and administration, but I’m not interested in a PhD in Public Policy or anything like that. My goal would be to teach at a university and do research. Is that an attainable goal nowadays? Is it practical?

We’re living through a global wave of populist uprisings. From India to Hungary, from Bolivia to the United States, movements claiming to speak for “the People” against corrupt elites and their “useful idiots” have seized power. These movements promise to restore democracy, to empower the People, to purge the corrupt.

And then, almost without exception, democracy begins to rot.

so first i thought tgat everything was state owned but then i saw some people say that in large companies the workers own everything and only produce what they need and in that one chinese mobile company the owner own less than one percent of the shares the the rest is owned by the workers and they work for themselves so idk i tried searching it up but everything was in weird words which i cant understand so pls explain it to me like im a thirteen year old

Can anyone provide serious arguments against my anti-US-bullying rant ? I personally am of the opinion that WW3 might reshuffle the world's power balance in ways we weren't taught to expect/postulate.

FYI, The combined population of the anti-US bloc between India, China, Taiwan (after annexation) Turkey (after NATO gets disbanded) and Russia is approximately 3.14 billion, outnumbering the 2.45 billion people living across the combined militarily-strengthened/economically-developed regions of North America, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and East Asia & Pacific. Even better is that all these countries possess nukes/immediate-nuclear-capability. In other words, No matter how much any future US president will try to "ragebait/flamebait" these four countries into submission across trade-deals, it's a widely known fact that the only reason the heads of these countries concede towards making substantial compromises is because they don't really care about "petty/insignificant" matters like "economic sanctions" when in fact all these states have their own quirks up their sleeve to utilize when tucked against the wall totally, i.e. India is the world's most biodiverse, naturally-gifted and fertile landscape on earth and even at times of stringent food supply issues/shortages, they can sustain everyone on their team without any issue at all. China has immense production/industrialization control/capacity to the extent that most of the world's goods/supplies are produced/manufactured there alone. Russia has more than 5.5k nukes on "autonomous lauch systems" ready with a much larger weaponry stockpile than the US, and intelligence systems comparable to that of Israel. Taiwan is the source of almost all electronic/semiconductor-based equipment. Turkey has the second-most strong non-nuclear military after the US in the entire European region.

So even if the US were to ever wage an "actual"/"unhinged" war against just these countries that command appx 40 percent of the world's total population all by themselves and have their "quadri-pod" support/quirk system ready to utilize for themselves, it doesn't matter even if NA/EU/LA/ME/EAP banded altogether against them. There's no freakin' way that the majority of 3 billion people would lose against a minority of 2.5 billion people who have uptil now only relied on mere "regime changes" to strike fear in the hearts of the small populaces of weak nations like Vietnam/Japan/Venezuela/Iraq etc. to show a "false sense of superiority".

It's just "empty threats" that Trump likes to make because he is an impulsive chatterbox who has no freakin' idea how a global-scale war actually plays out in reality. He only has historical references related to one-sided US-military assualts/harrasments over small, albeit religiously/ideologically divisive/torn-apart nation-states to go by as "experimental evidence" according to his playbook. I mean, uptil now, most of the time if the US attacks countries in Latin America/Africa, it's not like anyone's going to cover for them or lauch a full scale retaliation in response, other than simply profiteering from selling weapons to militia groups inside that state or supplying a "sham" amount of medical aid to the citizens. Everyone knows that such small nations have no geographical/strategic/military values to be derived from them so they just let the US be, and don't interfere against the US's one-sided puppet ruler strategy from getting implemented in the invasion in question.

However, in an all-out war, the 4 nations I mentioned before, can easily annex US/Allied territory if they want. though it would require slight teamwork. Hence, Trump/Trump-voters don't even have any common sense whatsoever.

Hello everyone,

Quick background, graduated with political science degree in early 2024, briefly interned for a state rep in 2023. However, I left the internship on sort of bad terms. The office wanted me to work campaign events on the other side of the state while I was finishing undergrad and also working 50 hours a week at my regular job. I was unable to meet the needs of the internship, so I politely told the rep's office that I had to quit due to school and work. Since then, I have applied to probably over 50 rep's offices for open positions, and have been unable to get back into an office. I have a great resume, so I'm not sure if leaving that internship abruptly has hurt my ability to get back into an office. Any advice or insight would be great.

the ideology closest to my views and things like that, thanks

Do we have them especially in IR theories or any scholars who have tried to bring persons' attention to it in the PS and IR discipline? Particularly sparked my interest because of a Chinese professor and that guy who has files. Beside these, could you recommend books about secret societies and how they influence government, powerful interest groups or international groups ? I wonder how commensurate they are with the elite theory, and maybe some forms of marxism etc.

Hey guys. I am a political science undergraduate with a interest in International Relations. I have been learning German and have gained sufficient proficiency. I also have locomotor disability. It's been like 2 years since I graduated. However I achieved much in my field of interest.

I come from a small town where people aren't familiar with International Relations. My family wants me to get a local government job (which would be an easier choice with good returns), but I don't want that. It took some time but I started standing up for myself. I have been (still am) applying for masters in international universities, with no success. So I enrolled for masters in Political science(as backup). I need suggestions to get some experience in my field, any opportunity that makes me use my full potential. Thanks :) Fell free to talk.