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Ellis Goldberg
POL S 205
Seattle Campus
Methodological perspectives of the various social science disciplines: commonalties and differences in assumptions, values, and paradigms. Current issues from the multiple perspective of social sciences; limits of the social sciences in resolving key social issues. Offered: W.
Class description
Description. This course will introduce students to comparative politics by an examination of the politics of democratization in the contemporary world. The course will consider both the discussion of democracy as a form of government, the arguments about democratization, and the comparative problems of creating and maintaining viable democratic governments in the contemporary world. The severe constraints on polities in which the task of building both democracies and functioning market economies will also be addressed.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Recommended preparation
Texts for the course have not been chosen at this time.
Class assignments and grading
The grade for the course will be based on results from a mid-term and final examination.
