Hi, I’m a college student doing political science at a university in Southeast Asia and I’m currently going through public policy classes.

I’ve been wreaking my brain all week trying to figure out the differences between social policy, welfare policy and health policy.

Are both welfare policy and health policy parts of social policy or are they are distinct and different areas?

Please help me

concept of how immigration affects democracy?

This is my first job out of college, and I do not have any canvassing or volunteer experience; I was slightly surprised I got the job.

For anyone out their who has done this job before, what was your experience? I see a wide variety of answers, but many are unhappy with the work.

What do you think?

I have a double major political science philosophy prelaw, took some college classes in highschool that are screwing my gpa now (3.0) and I've had 1 or 2 C+s in college (I'm a second year junior). My advisor said if everything goes well I can get a 3.4 or 3.5 by the graduation (which is realistic imo).

I have to go to graduate school? What's better this or law school? I want to do policymaking or something defense related. Everything changed pretty recently but where do I even begin here? Should I consider jobs in the military, or is graduate school out of the question if I'm having GPA issues?

I just want to know if I'm being realistic, I'm not a bad student I don't think so at least, but I have absolutely had some missteps in the past.

I'm guessing economics and social thoughts; however, what are some simple questions that must be asked?

Hello swarm,

I am about to finish my bachelors in ps, only thing left is the thesis itself. And I have no idea whatsoever what topic I should write about.

To be quiet frank: the last years at university have burned me out and my mental state is a little shaky. I am fed up with the university ecosystem, had to work a lot and therefore my studies were stressful and accompanied by constant pressure between work and university. Everyone keeps saying I ought to choose a thesis topic which interests me, however after the struggles of the past years I am not really creative in that regard..

I am hoping for some ideas or suggestions of directions I could take, bcause I dont really care at this point. I just need to finish and gtfo.

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During my studies I have focussed mainly on political economy (taxing the rich, welfare state, global inequality, banking/eurodollar), european foreign policy and also some research on populism/climate justice. Preferrably I'd write about those areas, as I already have some backround knowledge there.

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I know this is a weird request, but after 3 weeks of aimlessly searching the internet maybe reddit has an inspiration..

Any input or idea would be greatly appreciated.

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Has anyone here worked at un or similar international types of organizations. Did anyone leave un and why

Do law degrees help or is the usual choice? What's the usual common paths and is a law degree needed

Assuming that law degrees help since (most) political types have law degrees of some form

If you do entry level roles, what are usual requirements. I thought there were entry levels at various un locations (but maybe am wrong)

I want to give the people (you) a chance to vote and choose America's new Congress under a better electoral system.

However, I need voters. I need lots of voters. (Probably 250,000+)

There will be 3 votes. People think "Oh the results will be left-wing because of Reddit" but that isn't true.

The first vote will take all the people who intend to work with me in determining this cool and awesome system's results. If many people vote for a result, I will adjust the results accordingly (to current average polling for the ideology's house caucus)

Left-wing votes correspond to the Congressional Progressive Caucus; Center/Centre to Center-left votes correspond to the New Democrat Coalition; Center/Centre to Center-right votes correspond to the Blue Dog Coalition; Right-wing votes correspond to the Republican Study Committee; Right-wing to Far-right votes correspond to the Freedom Caucus, Center/Centre votes correspond to the Problem Solvers Caucus; Far-left votes correspond to polls of Americans who support ideologies like communism, anarchism, and socialism. Far-right votes correspond to polls of Americans who support ideologies like fascism, ultranationalist, and reactionaries/racism. Center-left votes correspond to polls of Americans who support identity politics and other marks of being a center-left individual. Center-right votes correspond to polls of Americans who support liberal conservatism and other marks of being a center-right individual. Far-left to left-wing votes correspond to polls of Americans who support ideologies like communism, anarchism, and socialism AND the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Center-left to left-wing votes correspond to Congress members in the CPC AND NDC. Center-right to right-wing votes correspond to Congress members in the Republican Governance Group AND Freedom Caucus.

If left-wing gets lots of votes, but the CPC is polling badly, I will put a nerf of negative x something. This adjusts the outcome. If you think you can vote right-wing to mess with my nerf, in some states with low turnout, I will put the results of vote 1/2 as the real results.

The second vote is more specific, and narrows these preferences more.

The third vote will be choices for 1,000+ parties.

This third vote will determine Congress.

Please get everyone to sign up saying they will vote, and let vote 1 have so much turnout! Thank you.

I want to give the people (you) a chance to vote and choose America's new Congress under a better electoral system.

However, I need voters. I need lots of voters. (Probably 250,000+)

There will be 3 votes. People think "Oh the results will be left-wing because of Reddit" but that isn't true.

The first vote will take all the people who intend to work with me in determining this cool and awesome system's results. If many people vote for a result, I will adjust the results accordingly (to current average polling for the ideology's house caucus)

Left-wing votes correspond to the Congressional Progressive Caucus; Center/Centre to Center-left votes correspond to the New Democrat Coalition; Center/Centre to Center-right votes correspond to the Blue Dog Coalition; Right-wing votes correspond to the Republican Study Committee; Right-wing to Far-right votes correspond to the Freedom Caucus, Center/Centre votes correspond to the Problem Solvers Caucus; Far-left votes correspond to polls of Americans who support ideologies like communism, anarchism, and socialism. Far-right votes correspond to polls of Americans who support ideologies like fascism, ultranationalist, and reactionaries/racism. Center-left votes correspond to polls of Americans who support identity politics and other marks of being a center-left individual. Center-right votes correspond to polls of Americans who support liberal conservatism and other marks of being a center-right individual. Far-left to left-wing votes correspond to polls of Americans who support ideologies like communism, anarchism, and socialism AND the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Center-left to left-wing votes correspond to Congress members in the CPC AND NDC. Center-right to right-wing votes correspond to Congress members in the Republican Governance Group AND Freedom Caucus.

If left-wing gets lots of votes, but the CPC is polling badly, I will put a nerf of negative x something. This adjusts the outcome. If you think you can vote right-wing to mess with my nerf, in some states with low turnout, I will put the results of vote 1/2 as the real results.

The second vote is more specific, and narrows these preferences more.

The third vote will be choices for 1,000+ parties.

This third vote will determine Congress.

Please get everyone to sign up saying they will vote, and let vote 1 have so much turnout! Thank you.

title! I’m a poli sci student interning in congress this summer and don’t know what to expect.

Hi,

I am finishing my second year as a polisci student in university. One of my classes is called US Political \Parties/Opinions where we have discussed things such as political factions and coalitions, voting and election patterns, shifting political landscapes, and everything in between. My professor has been so patient and good to us despite having family issues of his own this semester. I want to gift him something, a book or something else he would enjoy, but I am not sure what. I want to surprise him on Monday. Any book recs for polisci professors tht they would like perhaps?? Or anything other ideas haha? My class and I have signed a card to go with whatever I end up getting.

Thanks!!!

I have been discussing with my adviser about studying police behavior however, she has been dismissing the police as something that is not political since they simply obey state orders. They argued that the police does not fit under any definition of politics defined by Heywood. I argued that the police merit an inquiry into the discipline since they are a state institution that holds a special power in society where their violent actions are legitimized. We have reached an impasse and they just agreed to disagree. What are your thoughts on this? Is a study about the police a political study? Which authors/works can I cite to defend my argument, if any at all?

PS: I purposely omitted details for privacy reasons.

Edit: I did not encounter this problem with my previous adviser

Here's my question:

My assumption is that for most elections, most voters don't really have any opinion about the candidates. I'm not talking about voters who have an incorrect view of the candidates or even loose opinions. I'm talking about people who just really couldn't tell you the difference between the candidates at all. This probably doesn't apply to the presidential election or some senate or mayoral races, but I posit that this dynamic exists for a huge percentage of races. Thus the question is what makes voters vote for one person over the other such that elections aren't purely random. Some potential theories:

1. A huge percentage of voters do in fact vote basically randomly which means the small number actually informed voters are the ones who actually decide elections.
2. People follow voter guides or endorsements or other 3rd party tells them who to vote for (e.g. church, union, trade group, etc) or local political party recommendations. Essentially, someone else is doing the candidate assessment for them.
3. Obviously, lots of people vote on party line, but there are lots of elections (e.g. primaries) where that's not applicable.
4. Name recognition and incumbency are important, but again not applicable to all elections.
5. My assumption is wrong and that more people actually do have an opinion about candidates.

Clearly, the answer is some combination of the above ,and it varies between elections, but I'm curious about research that tries to quantify/qualify the importance of the different factors. Are vote guides more important than I realize?

For reference, I think Northern California's last primary election is a good example where Democat Adam Schiff handily beat Democarts Katie Porter and Barbara Lee, but I doubt there was anywhere close to 4 million people who could even attempt to tell them apart. Further down the ballot, the dynamic must be even more severe.

Ironically I don’t want this to be a political post. I’m not taking any sides I just have a simple question about the bill and the extent of Presidential powers. If passed, the bill would give TikTok's owner nine months to sell, with the potential for an additional three-month grace period. This timeline will expire after the upcoming Presidential election. I’m just wondering if passed by the Senate and signed into law by the current President, can the next President reverse this law? Please excuse my lack of knowledge on the topic, I don’t really understand how a lot of this stuff works. Thanks guys ronically I don’t want this to be a political post. I’m not taking any sides I just have a simple question about the bill and the extent of Presidential powers. If passed, the bill would give TikTok's owner nine months to sell, with the potential for an additional three-month grace period. This timeline will expire after the upcoming Presidential election. I’m just wondering if passed by the Senate and signed into law by the current President, can the next President reverse this law? Please excuse my lack of knowledge on the topic, I don’t really understand how a lot of this stuff works. Thanks guys

Hello to everyone! I'm writing a research paper on photojournalism in France and the UK. And I would like to know which photo reports in these countries have had a strong influence on public opinion or influenced the political situation over the past 20 years. (Maybe some photo scandals or something like that)

I was looking for something similar on the Internet, but thought it would be better to ask here.

I’m going to study coursework master program at ANU this July. I got the offer of master of IR. I’m really into IR and I do want to explore it deeper, but I also saw there is a Flexible double masters program that I can finish master of Digital Humanities and master of Diplomacy in two years. Now I’m thinking if I should try to transfer to the double masters program (since I’ve paid the deposit) I want to become a policy analyst in private sector, especially in those related to High tech and renewable energy. What do you guys think? Stay in IR or transfer to the double masters program?

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Fascism is still far right, please understand that it still technically is; however, is it completely far right? Or is it not that far right when compared to a market economy, libertarianism, or ultra-capitalism?

So I have actually been struggling with my thesis and my supervisor has given me confusing advice. Once he suggested a change to my question but then the next time he said to drop strategy despite suggesting it to me. So this was over the course of weeks and I ended up having to restart essentially everytime which has really hampered my ability to work let alone organize. After the last meeting I went back to the drawing board to work out another question and I came up with this.
"Has Donald Trumps rhetoric radicalized since his 2016 presidential victory and if so can we interpret this shift as a descent into populist authoritarianism?"
Any help would greatly be appreciated as I dont have that much access to my supervisor (only in mandatory meetings which are weeks apart)

Thanks for any help!

Hello . I am a migrant with a Bachelor's degree in Mass Communication and Culture living in Germany. I want to study here.

I would like to apply for a Master's degree in Sociology, Political Science or Public administration (Im still dont know what to choose)

I am interested in Eastern Europe. Peace building, analysing the political situation there. I speak most Eastern European languages and have experience with elections.

My weaknesses are poor grades, I have never studied statistics, and I have no research experience.

the perfect job for me is working at think tank (for example the Kernegie Centre in Berlin - https://carnegieendowment.org/carnegierussiaeurasia

I would also like to work in german civil service, doing research and surveys for the government.

• What are my chances of being accepted onto these degree programmes given my background?

• How difficult is it to study them in German? Which one is easier? or should I better

study in english?

• How realistic is it for a migrant with this degree to get a desired job? I'm afraid that as a person without German citizenship and for whom German is not my mother tongue, it will be very difficult for me to get a normal job.

• What skills should I study to get a job in the civil service? Statistics, IT languages, quantitative analysis? Anything else?

I am grateful for any information. Probably here are some german students or who knows.

What happens if all the candidates get an equal amount of votes in the first round? Who gets eliminated? Thanks!

Is it prerequisite to publish research paper before applying to PhD polsci programs?

i’m in my third year of undergrad, hoping to pursue a a masters in poli sci or international relations. i applied for one of my courses to be credit/no credit (i’m passing so i’m getting a credit) but will this affect my acceptances for masters? this is the only c/ncr on my transcript but i still have a few weeks to decide if i want to keep it as “credit” on my transcript or keep my normal grade in it (i have a 70% in the course). granted, the 70% is not the lowest grade i’ve received in my undergrad, but i think it will be the lowest in my third and fourth year. i feel like it won’t be a problem or affect my acceptances since it’s the only one on my transcript but please help with advice!

Hi! I'm an undergrad working on a school project where I have to create a research design.

The design I've thought of involves 2 different messages: one specific message and one generic message. Each treatment message is to be administered in 4 different ways to households:

a) women only

b) men only

c) men and women separately

d) men and women together

I'm quite confused as to how my regression equation should look. Any help at all would be much appreciated.

Does this sound correct?

Registration = β0​ + β1​×specific_message + β2​×generic_message + β3​×WomenOnly + β4​×MenOnly + β5​×MenWomenSeparate + β6​×MenWomenTogether + ControlVariables + ϵ

where all the indep variables are dummy variables.

Thank you so much

Hello, I am wondering where I could find more information on EU parliamentary elections, not just the parties totals, but the individual elected members as well, as well as any information such as which members retired and who was on the list (if it was open) for that election. I am having a hard time finding anything. My main interest is studying incumbency in these elections, so any information towards this end would be very useful. Thank you

terms used in political debates?

I was reading up on Locke's public/private distinction and it's critique, and I was wondering if there's any work that shows how it extends to institutions as well, basically creating 'private' institutions. I would be grateful if you could point me in the right direction!