Seminar in Comparative Politics and Institutions. 3 credits

Catalog description

Examines theories and practices of governance and development in comparative national settings. Course explores key subsets of the comparative politics literature in depth, including institutional change, regime types and transitions, democracy and authoritarianism, states and state-society relations, revolution, social movements, political cultures, and methods. Course is explicitly conceptual and cross-regional. Notes: May be repeated when topic is different.Offered by Schar Govt/International Affrs. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 9 credits.