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Orit Kedar
Orit Kedar (Hebrew: אורית קדר) is an Israeli political scientist. She is a professor of political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she is also affiliated with the Federmann Center for the Study of Rationality. She specializes in electoral politics, electoral systems and party systems, and comparative vote choice under different political systems. Education and early work Kedar attended Tel Aviv University, where she earned a BA in economics and political science. She then obtained an MA in political science at Brown University. In 2003 she completed a PhD in political science at Harvard University, where she earned the Noxon Toppan Award for the Best Dissertation in Political Science in 2003. After completing her PhD, Kedar joined the faculty at the University of Michigan, where she was also affiliated with the Center for Political Studies and the Center for European Studies. From 2006 to 2007 she was a post-doctoral fellow at Tel Aviv University, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Science
Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and laws. Specialists in the field are political scientists. History Origin Political science is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political institutions, political thought and behavior, and associated constitutions and laws. As a social science, contemporary political science started to take shape in the latter half of the 19th century and began to separate itself from political philosophy and history. Into the late 19th century, it was still uncommon for political science to be considered a distinct field from history. The term "political science" was not always distinguished from political philosophy, and the modern dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
