The mission of the Political Science Department is to foster the goals and concerns of the CSUSM Mission Statement by providing innovative and interdisciplinary undergraduate education in the field of political science to a student body across a variety of diversities and experiences. The Political Science Department seeks to produce informed, empowered citizens who will contribute to their national and global communities.
PSCI 494b with Dr. Staci Beavers
Senior Experience in PSCI
Do you want to get to know and socialize with fellow political science majors? Do you want to share information about political science courses? Do you want to learn about political internship opportunities? Join the Political Science Club! Email Majidah at <qaddo001@cougars.csusm.edu> or Adrian at <sanch1183@cougars.csusm.edu> for more information~!
Wednesday, March 3 from 12-1pm and Monday, March 7 from 6-7pm
Panetta Congressional Internship info sessions
Juniors and Seniors:
Are you interested in interning in Washington D.C. during Fall 2022- all expenses
paid?
The Panetta Institute for Public Policy offers CSU students the opportunity to work as Congressional Interns on Capital Hill!
Dr. Xiaoye She’s book Understanding Local Agency in China’s Policy Reform examines evolving roles of local agency in social policy in post-reform China. Using a subnational comparison approach, the book illustrates how local governments have actively coordinated their policies in economic and social realms, and how they have identified new ways to cope with growing top-down political pressure. The book contributes to a growing interdisciplinary literature that examines political economy of social policy in non-western and authoritarian political systems.
Dr. Meshack Simati's new book, Post-Election Violence in Africa, explores the effect of the judiciary on the incidence of post-election violence by political actors across Africa and within African countries. It examines how variation in judicial independence can constrain or incentivize election violence among democratizing states.
