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Our research is cross-cutting and intradisciplinary. Click on the research clusters below to explore some of the key areas of research in our department.

Ambiguities of Democracy [1]

Our research focuses on the paradoxes, unintended consequences, and hidden costs of efforts to promote democracy. On the...Read more [1]

Approaches & Methods [2]

We study and teach a variety of qualitative and quantitative approaches to and methodologies for conducting political inquiry. Our areas...Read more [2]

Conflict, Violence and Security [3]

The "Conflict, Violence and Security" research cluster aims to bring together those working in the areas of conflict and conflict ...Read more [3]

Critical Political Studies [4]

Critical Political Studies (CPS) fosters creative scholarship that critically engages with power inequalities in the world. We think about...Read more [4]

Domestic, Comparative and Global Social Policy [5]

We share an interest in social policy, at urban, local, national, international and global levels and both American and comparative...Read more [5]

Expertise, Knowledge and Governance [6]

We share an interest in the role of science and expertise in the management of complex systems at multiple levels of politics....Read more [6]

Feminist Politics [7]

The Feminist Politics research cluster explores issues related to gender and politics. Read more [7]

Global Forces and Transformations [8]

We share an interest in global forces - economic, religious, and demographic changes; social movements; technological changes; and other...Read more [8]

Institutions [9]

The study of institutions is foundational in political science. We focus on political institutions in a variety of forms, such as...Read more [9]

Language and Politics [10]

What politics means is an open question, but there is no doubt that politics is meaningful. Politics and language are thus inseparable,...Read more [10]

Nongovernmental Actors in Politics and Policy [11]

Political processes around the globe are increasingly decentralized. Transnational networks (both criminal and civil), social movements,...Read more [11]

On Protest: Comparative and Transnational Perspectives [12]

This research cluster grows out of a collaborative research initiative entitled, “Theorizing the Tahrir Moment as a Model/Modality of...Read more [12]

Political Economy [13]

The political economy working group aims to build a stronger political economy community within our department, political economy broadly...Read more [13]

Political Organizations and Social Movements [14]

Our interdisciplinary research explores the ways in which institutions and organizations influence, guide, advance, or hinder politics,...Read more [14]

Politics of Law [15]

We share an interest in the relationship between law and legal systems and the political, economic, social, and cultural processes in...Read more [15]

Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration [16]

The influx of new immigrants to and from areas such as Latin America, Western Europe, the Caribbean, Africa, and the United States and the...Read more [16]

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Links
[1] http://polsci.umass.edu/research/clusters/ambiguities-democracy
[2] http://polsci.umass.edu/research/clusters/approaches-methods
[3] http://polsci.umass.edu/research/clusters/conflict-violence-and-security
[4] http://polsci.umass.edu/research/clusters/critical-political-studies
[5] http://polsci.umass.edu/research/clusters/domestic-comparative-and-global-social-policy
[6] http://polsci.umass.edu/research/clusters/expertise-knowledge-and-governance
[7] http://polsci.umass.edu/research/clusters/feminist-politics
[8] http://polsci.umass.edu/research/clusters/global-forces-and-transformations
[9] http://polsci.umass.edu/research/clusters/institutions
[10] http://polsci.umass.edu/research/clusters/language-and-politics
[11] http://polsci.umass.edu/research/clusters/nongovernmental-actors-politics-and-policy
[12] http://polsci.umass.edu/research/clusters/protest-comparative-and-transnational-perspectives
[13] http://polsci.umass.edu/research/clusters/political-economy
[14] http://polsci.umass.edu/research/clusters/political-organizations-and-social-movements
[15] http://polsci.umass.edu/research/clusters/politics-law
[16] http://polsci.umass.edu/research/clusters/race-ethnicity-and-immigration