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The goal of this course is to introduce students to the main topics of comparative politics, as well as to the comparative method. Students will learn the basic skills of how to do social science research and how to link theory and empirical phenomena.

The goal of this course is to introduce students to the main topics of comparative politics, as well as to the comparative method. Students will learn the basic skills of how to do social science research and how to link theory and empirical phenomena. 

Lecture, discussions, presentations.

The grades will be determined based on participation, attendance, research paper, and presentations.

The required text which we will use for the course is Principles of Comparative Politics, 2nd Edition, (2012) by William Roberts Clark (University of Michigan), Matt Golder (Pennsylvania State University) and Sona Nadenichek Golder (Pennsylvania State University) printed by SAGE and CQ Press. ISBN is 978-1-60871-679-1.  

positive completion of the module according to § 5 Para 1 No 1.