Project description

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 (andother) 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�comparativemethod as a unique way of leveraging our understanding about social�and�political phenomena. (CP)

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