Comparative Politics

How political systems differ around the world and what explains those differences.

POLS-220 Year 2 3 credits 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon

Offered by HSM University · Political Science

Course content

  1. 1The comparative methodComing
  2. 2States and state formationComing
  3. 3Regime typesComing
  4. 4Presidential and parliamentary systemsComing
  5. 5Electoral systems comparedComing
  6. 6Party systemsComing
  7. 7Federal and unitary statesComing
  8. 8Political economy and developmentComing
  9. 9Authoritarian regimesComing
  10. 10Revolutions and regime changeComing
  11. 11Identity, ethnicity and conflictComing
  12. 12Country case studiesComing

Description

How political systems differ around the world and what explains those differences.

Part of the Arts & Social Sciences stream, typically taken in year 2.