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University of Wisconsin-Madison · Political Science0% of University of Wisconsin-Madison's Political Science course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' Political Science departments, it is 5.2%.
Subject places what a course studies, not the side it takes. A course on slavery or the Holocaust lands far right and a course on Marx or the Soviet Union lands far left, whether the course praises, criticizes or simply describes it.
Underlined: words the model quoted from the description when we asked it, after scoring, to explain its score.
Political Science
3-4 credits. Course focusing on state socialism as a political and economic system and the transition from that system in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, China, and elsewhere. Not open to students with credit for POLI SCI 612 prior to fall 2017
Political Science
3 credits. Comparative study of political processes in the fomer Soviet Union and communist Eastern Europe states, focusing on the transition from and the continuing legacies of the communist experience; methodological issues in the study of post-communist politics.
Political Science
3-4 credits. Race in relation to American economic development. Problems of racial minorities in the American political and economic system. Not open to students with credit for POLI SCI 462 prior to fall 2017
Political Science
3-4 credits. In the early twentieth century, a series of movements arose in the Middle East and South Asia, calling Muslims to return to Islam. Today, leaders and members of such groups -now known as Islamists -insist that one cannot live a…
Political Science
3-4 credits. An introduction to the most pertinent themes to the study of politics and governance in the Middle East. Main topics to be covered: political economy of the region; link between Islam, culture and democracy; the politics of authoritarianism; and political Islam.
Political Science
3-4 credits. Nationalist conflict and ethnic contestation remain major components of global politics. Drawing on cases from around the world, this course explores why this is the case. In the process, we will address a number of crucial…
Share of courses described from the left. Percent of all courses in the group whose Framing reading is leftward: the description frames its subject one-sidedly to the left.
Counted: all courses in the group, including N and I. No interval is published for this number.
| Name | Metric | Value | 95% interval | n | scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin-Madison · Political Science | bias_left_share | 0 | — | 131 | — |
| Political Science | bias_left_share | 5.2 | 4.8 – 5.6 | 12,053 | — |
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