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Department of Political Science
polisci@umn.edu
612-624-4144
polisci@umn.edu
612-624-4144
American Politics
The field of American politics at the University of Minnesota includes the study of national and local political institutions, the mass media, public opinion, elections and campaigns, political participation, political psychology, gender, race, public policy, interest groups and political parties, and constitutional law.
Public policy is characterized by a general interest in substantive policy formulation and implementation and by significant cross-subfield interaction. Its substantive focus overlaps with scholarly research in American politics, comparative politics, and international relations, and its practitioners embrace a diverse array of approaches to the study of the policymaking process. All of this research is linked together by a central set of concepts and an effort to develop generalizations that are applicable to a wide range of political contexts.
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Your Civic Duty
