POL 1610 Comparative Politics
Comparative Politics provides students with a comprehensive introduction to the variety of ways that politics is organized and experienced in countries around the world. Through use of the comparative method, which explores patterns of similarity and difference across nation-states, comparative political analysis broadens our collective understanding of political conditions and outcomes within various countries. Students will learn about the distinct historical, institutional, economic, social, and cultural conditions that constitute politics in different political communities. This course focuses on the differences between and among democratic and authoritarian regimes; the role of political identity, ideology, interest groups, and collective action in national politics; the varied relationships that exist between states and markets; the causes and forms of political violence; and the growing political and economic divide between “developed” democracies and the poorest countries in the world.
Course Types
Society; IGS: Global Studies, Global Politics and History Area