Political Science
The Department of Political Science provides a comprehensive program of instruction and research in the fundamental areas of the discipline: political institutions and processes; the origins, development and transformation of theory and concepts; understanding different approaches to political analysis; political philosophy; social theory; political economy; international development; public policy; political and economic sociology; constitutionalism and the legal contexts necessary for understanding politics and debates about it. It also offers the opportunity of specialization in politics and economics of democratization in a comparative perspective; international development; comparative and European politics. The diverse research agendas of the department are particular to investigating the experiences of the post-communist transformation from global and comparative perspectives to draw universal lessons and to gain a finer understanding of political and economic processes in Central and Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union. For more information visit the CEU Department of Political Science and its course offerings or print Department brochure.
Selected Areas of Research
Research areas for the Department of Political Science include: democratization and regime change; comparative political economy of Eastern European and developing countries; voting behavior; party politics; media policy; bioethics; analytical political theory; discourse analysis; comparative and survey methods.
