INST 602 - Seminar in Comparative Politics

3 hours.
3 Credits

This course will exam alternative theoretical approaches to the study of comparative politics. Topics include (I) theory building, (2) research method, and problems, and (3) cross national research analysis. These approaches will be applied to selected political systems and will be used to analyze the systems’ responses to such challenges as political and economic development, democratization, stabilization and ethnic conflict.

Offered (AS NEEDED)