Time Schedule:
Stephen E Hanson
POL S 544
Seattle Campus
Selected problems in the comparative analysis of political institutions, organizations, and systems.
Class description
Description. This seminar will survey the theoretical literature on problems of rebellion and revolutionary change in history.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Assignments. Students will be required to write short essays on the readings and one longer term paper.
Recommended preparation
Texts. Readings will include selections from Arendt, On Revolution; Skocpol, States and Social Revolutions; Goldstone, Revolution and Rebellion in the Early Modern World; Goldstone, Gurr, and Moshiri, eds., Revolutions of the Late Twentieth Century; Taylor, ed., Rationality and Revolution; and others.
Class assignments and grading
Grading. Papers: 80 % Project/presentation: 10 % Class/quiz participation: 10 % Other: % TOTAL: 100 %
