402061 PS Comparative Politics - Introductory Level

summer semester 2022 | Last update: 18.01.2022 Place course on memo list
402061
PS Comparative Politics - Introductory Level
PS 2
5
Block
each semester
German

§ 5 (1) 7b. PS Comparative Politics - Introductory Level

Students acquire the ability to name different analytical approaches of political science comparison and to present and explain selected concepts of comparative government. Moreover, they are able to analyse and evaluate institutional structures and the functionality of the different structures of democratic governmental systems.

This course provides a systematic overview of key questions addressed in the comparative study of politics. Special attention will be paid to methodological issues and the related tasks of concept formation and theory building. We will primarily be occupied with the state of affairs (ie.pivotal actors, policies, and outcomes) in consolidated European and Northern American democracies.    

Run in seminar-style following introductory lecture given by instructor

Active classroom participation, presentation in class, final written paper

Boix, Carl; Stokes, Susan C. (eds.) (2009): The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics. Oxford: OUP.

Caramani, Daniele (2020): Comparative Politics. 5. Auflage: Oxford: OUP.

tba

successful completion of compulsory module 1

 

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Date Time Location
Fri 2022-04-29
16.00 - 19.45 SR 5 (Sowi) SR 5 (Sowi) Barrier-free
Fri 2022-05-13
15.00 - 19.45 SR 5 (Sowi) SR 5 (Sowi) Barrier-free
Sat 2022-05-14
15.00 - 19.45 SR 9 (Sowi) SR 9 (Sowi) Barrier-free
Fri 2022-05-27
15.00 - 19.45 SR 5 (Sowi) SR 5 (Sowi) Barrier-free
Sat 2022-05-28
10.00 - 14.45 SR 5 (Sowi) SR 5 (Sowi) Barrier-free