Democracy and Dictatorship: Politics in the Contemporary World
GOVT 157
Spring 2013
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01
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| Certificates: International Relations |
In this introduction to politics, we compare the capitalist and socialist development trajectories and explore the interplay between economic interests, social movements, and political institutions. Key concepts such as law and democracy are debated, as is the utility of competing grand theories of political evolution. The course includes many case studies of particular countries, both well-known and obscure. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS GOVT |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Jeff Kopstein & Mark Lichbach (eds) Comparative Politics: Interests, Identities and Institutions (Third Edition: Cambridge University Press, 2008)
Robert Dahl, Polyarchy (Yale University Press, 1972)
Karl Marx & F. Engels, The Communist Manifesto (1848)
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Examinations and Assignments:
Three papers, mid term exam, weekly quiz on the readings. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
TBA |
| Instructor(s): Rutland,Peter Times: .M.W... 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: PAC002; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 35 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: 15 | FR: 20 |
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