Political Theory

Our cluster explores the political ideas that have shaped the world we live in, analyses its deep structures of power and offers normative guidance concerning both political processes and substantive political decisions.

York is a world-leading centre for the study of political theory. With a large number of political theorists, York offers unusual breath and richness in the discipline. Our research is pluralistic, combining analytic, critical, historical and feminist approaches.

Areas of outstanding strength include early modern political thought, applied ethics, postcolonial theory, historical injustice, deliberative democracy, public reason, political representation, ethical partisanship, pragmatism, Open Marxism, the politics of expertise, the politics of self-determination and the politics of cultural diversity.

People

Staff

Dr Alasia Nuti (Cluster Convenor for Semester 1)
Dr Tim Stuart-Buttle (Cluster Convenor for Semester 2)
Dr Gabriele Badano
Professor Monica Brito Vieira
Professor Sara de Jong
Dr Kieran Durkin
Professor Matthew Festenstein
Dr Adam Fusco
Dr Ruth Kelly
Dr Alfred Moore
Professor Timothy Stanton
Dr Sara van Goozen

Research students

Sophie Cogan
Grace Cooper
Kieran Dunn
Michael Liu
Kate Long
Jesse Machin
Luqman Muraina
Maro Pantazidou
James Reeves
Aasim Sheikh
Susy Williams
Alice Roberts Dunn
Sanjay Dharmavasan
Stephen Mitchell
Oliver Rodwell
Jack Crosswaite
Kristopher Page
Andrew Byrne

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MA Political Theory

Learn to think in different ways about the deepest questions and problems of political life.

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