The Department of Political Science is politics and a great deal more. As Political Scientists we combine theory and practice in the active study of politics in the United State and other countries, international relations, and the different theories that explain the meaning of political life. It is the study of power, conflict, war, race, gender, environmental policy, diplomacy, culture, leadership, justice, law, reform, and revolution. The Department's students, faculty, and staff take pride in studying and engaging in the local and global community in the Jesuit tradition of academic excellence and educated solidarity.
Submissions from 2019
The Partisan and Policy Motivations of Political Donors Seeking Surrogate Representation in House Elections, Anne E. Baker
Submissions from 2018
Are federal PACs obsolete?, Anne E. Baker
Help or Hindrance? Outside Group Advertising Expenditures in House Races, Anne E. Baker
Submissions from 2017
“I’ve Risen Up From the Ashes That I Created”: Record Clearance and Gendered Narratives of Self-Reinvention and Reintegration, Elsa Y. Chen Ph.D. and Ericka B. Adams
Submissions from 2016
Erasing the Mark of a Criminal Past: Ex-Offenders’ Expectations and Experiences with Record Clearance, Ericka Adams, Elsa Y. Chen, and Rosella Chapman
Do Interest Group Endorsements Cue Individual Contributions to House Candidates, Anne E. Baker
Getting Short‐Changed? The Impact of Outside Money on District Representation, Anne E. Baker
Individual Party Donors: True Allies or Free Agents?, Anne E. Baker
The more outside money politicians take, the less well they represent their constituents, Anne E. Baker
Submissions from 2015
Does Party Support Help Candidates Win?, Anne E. Baker
The Fundraising Disadvantages Confronting American Political Parties, Anne E. Baker
George Will's visit to Santa Clara University was a powerful lesson, Elsa Y. Chen
And Justice for All? Racial and Ethnic Sentencing Disparities in California’s Federal Drug Sentencing, Elsa Y. Chen and Kevin Nomura
Submissions from 2014
Party Contributions Come with a Support Network, Anne E. Baker
Review of Matt Grossman’s, The Not-So-Special Interests: Interest Groups, Public Representation, and American Governance, Anne E. Baker
The Fading Exceptionalism of American Political Parties?: Evidence from Party Allocation Decisions, Anne E. Baker
Three Strikes Legislation, Elsa Y. Chen
Poland: The Politics of “God's Playground”, Jane Leftwich Curry
Submissions from 2013
All Punishment is Local: The Effects of Jurisdictional Context on Sentence Length, Elsa Y. Chen
Three Strikes: Passage, Implementation, Evaluation, and Reform, Elsa Y. Chen
Submissions from 2012
Prop 36 will save money and increase fairness, Elsa Y. Chen
Submissions from 2009
Victim and Witness Intimidation, Elsa Y. Chen
Submissions from 2008
Are Self-Financed House Members Free Agents?, Anne E. Baker
Cumulative Disadvantage and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in California Felony Sentencing, Elsa Y. Chen
Impacts of ‘Three Strikes and You’re Out’ on Crime Trends in California and throughout the United States, Elsa Y. Chen
The Liberation Hypothesis and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Application of California’s Three Strikes Law, Elsa Y. Chen
Submissions from 2007
E-mail Concerns and Obstacles for Local Elected Officials, Elsa Y. Chen
Review of Unjust Sentencing and the California Three Strikes Law (2005) by Douglas W. Kieso, Elsa Y. Chen
Submissions from 2005
Virtual Representatives: Local Elected Officials Online, Elsa Y. Chen
Submissions from 2004
You’ve Got Politics!, Elsa Y. Chen
Submissions from 2003
Poland's Ex--Communists: From Pariahs to Establishment Players, Jane Leftwich Curry
Submissions from 2001
National Evaluation of the Violent Offender Incarceration / Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive Grant Program, Susan Turner, Terry Fain, Peter W. Greenwood, and Elsa Y. Chen
Submissions from 2000
Three Strikes Revisited: An Early Assessment of Implementation and Effects, Peter W. Greenwood, Susan S. Everingham, Elsa Y. Chen, Allan F. Abrahamse, Nancy Merritt, and James Chiesa
Submissions from 1999
The Impact of ‘Truth-in-Sentencing’ and Three-Strikes Legislation on Prison Populations, State Budgets, and Crime Rates, Susan Turner, Terry Fain, Peter W. Greenwood, and Elsa Y. Chen
Submissions from 1997
Which Way is Right?, Jane Leftwich Curry
Submissions from 1995
Introduction to Poland's Permanent Revolution, Jane Leftwich Curry
The Solidarity Crisis, 1980-81: The Near Death of Communism, Jane Leftwich Curry
Conclusion: The Never-Ending Crises, Jane Leftwich Curry and Luba Fajfer
Submissions from 1992
The Puzzle of Poland, Jane Leftwich Curry
Submissions from 1990
Journalists as professionals in theory and reality, Jane Leftwich Curry
Submissions from 1980
The Media and Intra-Elite Communication in Poland: Organization and Control of the Media, Jane Leftwich Curry
The Media and Intra-Elite Communication in Poland: The Role of ''Special Bulletins'', Jane Leftwich Curry
The Media and Intra-Elite Communication in Poland: The System of Censorship, Jane Leftwich Curry
The Polish Crisis of 1980 and The Politics of Survival, Jane Leftwich Curry
The Media and Intra-Elite Communication in Poland: Case Studies of Controversy, Jane Leftwich Curry and A. Ross Johnson
The Media and Intra-Elite Communication in Poland: Summary Report, Jane Leftwich Curry and A. Ross Johnson
