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COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

EID2002 COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
3 Credits

Pre-requisite None

Learning At the end of this course, students are able to:
Outcomes
1. recognize the dynamics and typical patterns of political processes and
behaviour and their consequences in different societies;
2. understand major comparative political concepts, themes, and generalizations;
3. compare political institutions and processes across countries, examine changes
in the different political and governmental systems and derive generalizations;
4. analyse basic data relevant to comparative government and politics.

Synopsis Comparative politics is the study of the domestic politics, political institutions, and
conflicts of countries that involves comparisons among countries and through time
within single countries, emphasizing key patterns of similarity and difference. This
course on comparative government and politics thus introduces students to
fundamental concepts used by political scientists to study the processes and
outcomes of politics in a variety of country settings, such as sovereignty, authority,
power, institutions, political and politico-economic changes, sociopolitical
cleavages and public policy formation. It explores political cultures, governance
and institutional alternatives, as well as a variety of data used to analyze global
political and economic trends. More specifically, the course focuses on specific
countries and their governments in order to provide context for the major concepts
that are used to organize and interpret political phenomena and relationships. With
an empirical approach based on the comparative method, the discussion of
concepts in this course proceeds from abstract definition to concrete example by
using these country cases, as the conceptual focus serves to enhance in-depth
understanding of factual data even in diverse country settings.

References 1. Kesselman, Mark, Joel Krieger, and William A. Joseph. Introduction to
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Comparative Politics: Political Challenges and Changing Agendas, 7 edition.
Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, 2015.
2. Drogus, Orvis, Introducing Comparative Politics: Concepts and Cases in
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Context, 3 edition. Sage, CQ Press, 2014.
3. Wood, Ethel. AP Comparative Government and Politics: An Essential
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Coursebook and Study Guide, 6 edition. Woodyard Publications, 2014.
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4. Barrington, Lowell. Comparative Politics: Structures and Choices, 2 edition.
Wadsworth, Cengage Learning. 2013.
5. Hauss, Charles, and Melissa Hauss. Comparative Politics: Domestic
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Responses to Global Challenges, 8 edition. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning,
2013.
6. Samuels, David J. Comparative Politics. Pearson, 2013.
7. Clark, William Roberts, Matt Golder, and Sona Nadenichek Golder. Principles of
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Comparative Politics, 2 edition. Sage, CQ Press, 2013.
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8. McCormick, John. Comparative Politics in Transition, 7 edition. Wadsworth,
Cengage Learning, 2013.

Soft Skills CS1, CS2, CS3
CT1, CT2, CT3
EM1, EM2

Assessment Continuous Assessment : 40%
Final Examination : 60%

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