CONTENDING APPROACHES IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS

Undergraduate

This course gives students a theoretical overview of the field of comparative politics, the different treatments of recurring questions in the discipline, and the historical and geographic frameworks within which contemporary polities have developed. The course is retrospective in its critical examination of various models and classification schemes. PREREQUISITE: At least one course from the Comparative stream or permission of the instructor Note: Some background in the empirical literature of comparative politics is essential. Seminar: Three hours a week