GOVT 1313

GOVT 1313

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.

This course will introduce students to comparative politics-the study of the political institutions, identities, and organized interests in countries around the world. Emphasis is on how to make meaningful comparisons between systems in different countries. Towards that goal, we will be looking at a dozen countries with different histories, political systems, and from various regions around the world. We will also use a comparative framework to use our knowledge of these (and other) countries to examine questions about democracies and democratization, electoral systems and political parties, authoritarian regimes, political mobilization and change, economic development and globalization, nationalism and identity politics, among other topics. The meta theme of this course is the comparative method as a unique way of leveraging our understanding about social and political phenomena.

When Offered Spring, summer.

Distribution Category (SBA-AS)

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5664 GOVT 1313   LEC 001

  • 17147 GOVT 1313   DIS 201

  • 17148 GOVT 1313   DIS 202

  • 17149 GOVT 1313   DIS 203

  • 17150 GOVT 1313   DIS 204

  • 17151 GOVT 1313   DIS 205

  • 17152 GOVT 1313   DIS 206

  • 17153 GOVT 1313   DIS 207

  • 17154 GOVT 1313   DIS 208