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Comparative Politics: Field Seminar
GOV 2105

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Description

Surveys topics in comparative politics (both the developed and the developing world), including the rise of the modern state; institutions of government; interest mediation; democracy and authoritarianism; revolution; political parties; mass and elite political behavior; political economy.

School Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits 4
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Department Government
Course Component Seminar
Subject Government
Grading Basis FAS Letter Graded
Course Requirements For Doctoral Students in Government, Government and Social Policy, and Political Economy and Government. Other students must petition for the course.
General Education N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data N/A
Divisional Distribution Social Sciences
Course Level Primarily for Graduate Students