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:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020
Mon 02:00PM - 03:55PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
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

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