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Erica Jane Johnson
POL S 204
Seattle Campus
Political systems in a comparative framework. Traditional and contemporary approaches to the study of governments and societies in different countries. Offered: WSp.
Class description
Full Term Description: In this course, students will learn theoretical and empirical tools for the study of comparative politics. Through the comparison of diverse countries around the world, we will evaluate competing explanations of democracy and dictatorship, economic growth, and civil society and how governments evolve in response to domestic and international pressures. The same pressures, institutions, and movements that have made some countries more democratic have led to civil war and ethnic massacre in others. By the end of the course, students will have acquired a broad perspective of the comparative politics field and the ability to relate their own interests to existing concerns of scholars and policymakers.
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