section_path: Overview/Country-specific studies
section_name: Country-specific studies
paragraph_text: Country-specific studies
  
  Political scientists may study political phenomena within one specific country. For example, they may study just the politics of the United States or just the politics of China.
  
  Political scientists look at a variety of data, including constitutions, elections, public opinion, and public policy, foreign policy, legislatures, and judiciaries. Political scientists will often focus on the politics of their own country; for example, a political scientist from Indonesia may become an expert in the politics of Indonesia.