
Government
The goal of the Government Department is to engage students in discussion pertaining to the political dynamics of human life through research and intensive writing. Students emerge prepared to shape, analyze, and fully participate in civic life.
The Senior Program
Senior majors in government complete a senior thesis and a research paper, working closely with a faculty member in the department. In the Senior Program, students draw on their accumulated skills and knowledge to produce focused, high-level scholarship on a specific topic or problem.
Recent senior projects in government include:
Honors Theses
- Breaking the Safety Net: Understanding Negative Policy Feedback to Welfare in the U.S.
- How Do Senate Leaders Utilize Social Media to Accomplish Their Goals?
- Imperial Legacies: Policing in the Philippines
- Moral Responsibility, Political Obligation, and Legitimacy: A Defense of Michael Walzer’s Just War Theory
- The Effect of Political Polarization on National Party Conventions
- The Political Power of Indigeneity: A Hawaiian Case Study
World Politics Honors Theses:
- Atlanticism Vs. Autonomy: Testing Theories Of Integration To Analyze France And Germany’s Preferences For EU Defense Policy Cooperation
- Between Regions And Realities: Lessons From The Gulf Cooperation Council’s Stalled Trade Negotiations
- Lending For Leverage: Understanding China's Lending Behavior In Sub-Saharan Africa
- Pork, Positions, And Pressure: Legislative Bargaining Among Outsider Populists
- Reevaluating Foreign Aid In Nigeria And Botswana: Challenges With The World Bank’s Classification And Graduation Process
- Same-Sex Marriage And The Right In Latin America
- Shifting The “Refugee Burden:” UNHCR As A Surrogate State In Lebanon
Contact
Department Name
Government Department
Contact Name
Rob Martin, Chair
Clinton, NY 13323