r/PoliticalScience↗
Political Science
A subreddit to discuss political science. Political science is the scientific study of politics. It deals with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and laws. Postings about current events are fine, as long as there is a political science angle. Rationality and coherent argument are encouraged, whereas ideological flamewars are strongly discouraged.
76k subscribers192 posts / mo in Sep 2026164 authors / mosince 2009
r/PoliticalScience has 76k members (+16% over the last 12 months). It gets about 192 posts a month from 164 people. Top topics: Academia vs Industry, Writing Challenges and Research Reading Strategies.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Academia vs Industry1.5%
- Writing Challenges0.4%
- Research Reading Strategies0.3%
- Socialist Books0.2%
- Leftist Political Podcasts0.2%
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- Substack
- cambridge.org
- Doi
- ScienceDirect
- JSTOR
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