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Fall 2020 | POL 8660 Section 001: Topics in Comparative Politics -- Democratization (33096)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 9 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Pol Sci grad major
- Times and Locations:
- Enrollment Status:
Closed (11 of 10 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Readings in advanced topics or problems. Supervised research/training. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times.
- Class Description:
- Title: Democracy and Democratization This seminar considers some of the oldest and most important questions in comparative politics. What is democracy? What are the sources of democratic and non-democratic rule, and what factors promote authoritarian and democratic regime stability and/or change? We will explore research from all major political science approaches to these and related questions. Readings are selected for their theoretical and/or conceptual importance; the seminar does not focus on any particular region of the world. The seminar will be organized around the following main themes: 1) Philosophical traditions, emergence of key concepts 2) Typologies of regimes - empirical referents 3) The rise of the state and sources of democratic and authoritarian rule 4) Processes of regime decay and/or collapse
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
25% Reflection Papers
25% Class Participation
- Class Format:
- 25% Lecture
60% Discussion
15% Student Presentations
- Workload:
- ~200 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
Other Workload: Main project is a 25-page research paper.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33096/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 March 2008
ClassInfo Links - Fall 2020 Political Science Classes Taught by David Samuels