Political Science

Why you should take a Sociology Course Before Law School — Most people who go to law school study political science or legal studies to give them an edge on legal policies and the legal system. However, I feel there is something always missing in the analysis that these majors provide: their analysis of the social sphere (i.e., the history of…

The current push towards judicial reform/revolution (depending on your side of the political divide) tends to descend into mutual accusations of the other side’s disdain for “democracy”. It may first be useful to take a step back and consider what is meant when we talk about democracy. We can then…

Time slows for none of us, and the world has changed at such a dizzying rate that many have been left feeling disoriented, confused, and exhausted. In just a couple years, we’ve seen a great deal of both good and bad, from a historic, rather inspiring unionization drive across the…

It has been one year since Russia launched its military invasion of Ukraine. Since then, over 8,000 civilians have been killed, 14 million Ukrainians have been displaced, and $75 billion in aid has been provided from the United States alone. During a surprise visit to Ukraine and Poland last Monday…

Arguments favoring a multiparty system are spurious — In the wake of the January 6 insurrection, many felt that America was edging closer to a new civil war due to the ever-widening gap between the Democrats and Republicans. This era of hyperpolarization and partisan politics have some observers asserting that the primary problem is our two-party political system…

Students take mid-course evaluations at the University of Toronto. The data is available to students through their Quercus page. I decided to do some data analysis on the surveys conducted by the Political Science Department in the Winter, Summer, and Fall of 2022. …