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The range of faculty research reflects the extraordinary diversity of the field of political science. In American politics, the faculty have achieved national recognition for research on agenda setting, policy processes, participation, public law, and media and political communications. The comparative politics faculty specializes in topics such as labor-management relations, the fiscal and taxation capacities of nation-states, political party formation and behavior, federalist structures, judicial institutions and religion. The international relations group has established two clusters of strength: international political economy and international security. The political theory faculty has primary strengths in feminist political theory, liberal theory, green political theory, and the foundations of political economy.