Political conversations take place everywhere – in the UN, in the Swedish parliament, at our dinner tables, in the media. Whether it is about current politics or eternal philosophical dilemmas, issues concerning the governance of society and how our community should be organized are always of immediate interest. Political science focuses on these problems.
The American political scientist Robert Dahl argues that political science is about studying power – power and power relations at different levels of society and in all possible forms. However, the subject is broad and includes several different specialisations, such as Swedish politics, international relations, political theory, public administration and comparative politics – but also questions of development, gender and the EU.
