The department periodically hosts Friday afternoon socials, where student and faculty discuss timely issues of politics and governance. Photo: Sofia Diaz.
Students in the “Education Reform in America: Politics and Policy” class took a field trip to Lower Merion High School. See what other classes the department offers. Photo: Holden Blanco '17.
CITYSCAPES poster session from POLS161: Global Political Economy: Race, Labor, Power, taught by Prof. Craig Borowiak. Students worked in groups over the course of semester to research a city of their own choosing and its relation to transformations in the global economy.
The Political Science Department offers a program of study that provides students with an opportunity to explore politics and government from multiple vantage points—at the grassroots, the nation-state, and the global community—and from a variety of theoretical, conceptual, comparative, historical, and experiential perspectives.
Blog Nov 15, 2023
By Emma Gross; Image by UNICEF Within the International Criminal Court, the minimum age of criminal responsibility(MACR) is the age at which a person can
Blog Sep 18, 2023
By Andrew Cadwallader, Chauncy Wadsworth, & Hassan Ayub Haverford College has always had a strong tradition of consensus voting. Plenary, one of our campus’s most
Blog Sep 13, 2023
By Eli Kravinsky; Image from Journal of Democracy As Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine has dragged into the second year, optimism amongst the Western public has
News Aug 24, 2023
During a summer internship sponsored by the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship, Richter helped track hiring practices in academia and how they relate to careers in linguistics.
News Aug 22, 2023
As a summer intern working with the Abolitionist Law Center’s probation and parole campaign, she has witnessed up close the injustice of the criminal legal system.
Blog Aug 17, 2023
For her thesis, Bansal researched the impact of immigrant-led grassroots.
News Jul 14, 2023
Rabins is working at three different farms across Italy as part of a self-designed internship supported by the Center for Career and Professional Advising.
News Jun 2, 2023
The Haverford Political Science Major plans to use the fellowship to initiate a career in legal advocacy, social justice, and activism.
Blog May 19, 2023
By Sara Fakhry ’26; Image by Human Rights Watch These are not easy times to be a Lebanese citizen. Lebanese people have watched their country
Blog May 17, 2023
By Emil Turdukulov; Image by GettyImages March of this year marked the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Using the justification that Saddam Hussein