| Date |
Day |
Topic |
Readings |
| Aug 21 |
M |
Introduction and Road Map |
|
| Aug 23 |
W |
The Comparative Method and Comparative Politics |
Hauss: Chapter 1 |
| Aug 25 |
F |
Some Definitions
|
Hauss: pp. 36-41; 230-236; 328-336 |
| Aug 28 |
M |
The Current Context 1: Worlds and Waves |
On-line: Selection
1
AE: Selections 25 and 50 |
| Aug 30 |
W |
Video |
AE: Selection 17 |
| Sep 1 |
F |
Written Assignment
1 Due |
|
| Sep 4 |
M |
Holiday
|
| Sep 6 |
W |
Formative Factors: The Concepts
and Application to Established Democracies
|
Hauss: pp. 19-24 (US);
41-46 (concepts); 61-70 (GB) |
| Sep 8 |
F |
| Sep 11 |
M |
Formative Factors: Germany
and Japan |
Hauss: pp. 133-145 (GER); 190-205 (JPN) |
| Sep 13 |
W |
Formative Factors: Russia |
Hauss: pp. 236-242 and 255-275 |
| Sep 15 |
F |
Formative Factors: Nigeria |
Hauss: pp. 336-338 and on-line |
| Sep 18 |
M |
Formative Factors: Wrap-Up |
|
| Sep 20 |
W |
Political Culture: Concepts
|
|
| Sep 22 |
F |
Political Culture: Nigeria |
Hauss: pp. 338-342 and on-line |
| Sep 25 |
M |
Political Culture: US
and Great Britain |
Hauss: pp. 24-25 (US); 70-72 (GB) |
| Sep 27 |
W |
Political Culture:
Germany and Japan |
Hauss: pp. 145-147 (GER) 205-207 (JPN) |
| Sep 29 |
F |
Political Culture: Russia |
Hauss: pp. 275-276 |
| Oct 2 |
M |
Political Culture Wrap-Up |
|
| Oct 4 |
W |
Review |
|
| Oct 6 |
F |
Unit Exam 1 |
|
| Oct 9 |
M |
Holiday
|
| Oct 11 |
W |
Political Institutions: Constituting
Polities |
Hauss: pp. 342-345 |
| Oct 13 |
F |
Political Institutions: Political Parties
in Established Democracies 1
|
Hauss: pp. 46-52 (concepts); 25-26
(US); 72-82 (GB); 147-154 (GER); 208-214 (JPN) |
| Oct 16 |
M |
Political Institutions: Political Parties
in Established Democracies 2 |
AE: Selection 19b |
| Oct 18 |
W |
Political Institutions: Political Parties
in Democratizing Polities |
Hauss: pp. 242-244; 276-280 and on-line |
| Oct 20 |
F |
Political Institutions: Electoral
Systems
|
AE: Selections 19a and
19c |
| Oct 23 |
M |
| Oct 25 |
W |
Elections in Comparative Context
Written Assignment 2 Due |
|
| Oct 27 |
F |
Political Institutions: Legislative |
Hauss: pp. 52-54 (concepts);
27-30 (US); 82-86 (GB); 154-158 (GER); 214-219 (JPN); 281-285 (RUS); and
on-line (NIG)
AE: Selection 26 |
| Oct 30 |
M |
Political Institutions: Executive |
| Nov 1 |
W |
Political Institutions: Judiciary |
AE: Selection 28 |
| Nov 3 |
F |
Review |
|
| Nov 6 |
M |
Unit Exam 2 |
|
| Nov 8 |
W |
Bureaucracy
and Public Policy |
Hauss: pp. 54-56 (concepts); 30-33
(US); 86-90 (GB); 158-160 (GER); 219-223 (JPN) |
| Nov 10 |
F |
Economic Policy Making |
|
| Nov 13 |
M |
Comparative Public Policy 1 |
On-line:
Selection
2 |
| Nov 15 |
W |
Comparative Public Policy 2
Written Assignment 3 Due |
|
| Nov 17 |
F |
Comparative Political Economy: Advanced Industrialized
Countries |
Hauss: pp. 30-33 (US); 86-90 (GB);
158-160 (GER); 219-223 (JPN) |
| Nov 20 |
M |
Political Development and Democratization |
Hauss: pp. 244-253; 352-353 |
| Nov 22 |
W |
Political Development: The Pathologies of
Rent-Seeking and Coups |
On-line: Selection
3 |
| Nov 24 |
F |
Holiday
|
| Nov 27 |
M |
Comparative Political Economy: Less Developed
Countries |
Hauss: pp. 285-287 (RUS); 345-352 (concepts)
and online (NIG) |
| Nov 29 |
W |
Domestic Effects of Globalization: Concepts |
Hauss: Chapter 17
AE: Selection 54 |
| Dec 1 |
F |
Domestic Effects of Globalization: Economic |
On-line: Selection
4 |
| Dec 4 |
M |
Domestic Effects of Globalization: Political/Cultural |
AE: Selections 52 and 53 |
| Dec 6 |
W |
Comparative Politics in the New Millennium |
|
| Dec 8 |
F |
Review |
|
| Dec 11 |
M |
Final Exam (8:00 - 11:00
AM) |
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