Comparative Politics, Policy and Governance (PhD/MPhil)
Cardiff University
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Comparative Politics, Policy and Governance is a research area within which you can focus your studies as part of our suite of Politics and International Relations research programmes (MPhil, PhD). The School has an exceptionally strong research culture with a strong reputation for the quality of the research produced and the growing number of research grants it is attracting. We are home to the Wales Governance Centre and to the European Governance, Identity and Public Policy Research Unit, ...Read more

Comparative Politics, Policy and Governance is a research area within which you can focus your studies as part of our suite of Politics and International Relations research programmes (MPhil, PhD). The School has an exceptionally strong research culture with a strong reputation for the quality of the research produced and the growing number of research grants it is attracting. We are home to the Wales Governance Centre and to the European Governance, Identity and Public Policy Research Unit, attracting visiting scholars from all over Europe and the world. The School offers supervision across a wide range of research topics, including Africa, American Politics, British Politics, Comparative Politics, Devolution, Distributive Justice, Electoral Politics, Environmental Politics, EU & European Integration, French Politics, German Politics, Globalisation, Governance, Human Rights, Italian Politics, Multiculturalism, Nationalism, Political Economy, Political Parties & Party Politics, Public Policy, Social Movements, Territorial Politics, Welsh Politics and West European Politics. Full-time duration - PhD 3 years MPhil 1 year

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