Course ID: | INTL 4330H. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Post-Industrial Democracies (Honors) |
Course Description: | The political economy, institutions, and cultures of the major
capitalist countries in Europe, East Asia, and North America.
State-society relations and formal and informal political
institutions, such as political parties, interest groups,
electoral systems, and democratic representation. |
Oasis Title: | POST-INDUS DEMOC |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 4370/6370 or POLS 4370H or INTL 4330 |
Pre or Corequisite: | (INTL 3200 or INTL 3300 or permission of department) and permission of Honors |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | At the end of this course, students should be able to:
describe the varieties of development and democratization in
North America, Europe, and East Asia;
critically analyze alternative theories of these patterns of
development and democratization. |
Topical Outline: | I. Introduction
II. Great Britain - The First Industrializer
III. United States - The First Democratizer
IV. France - Between Market and State
V. Germany - Late Industrialization and Compromised Democracy
VI. Italy - Late Unification and a Fractured Polity
VII. Japan - From Isolation to Guided Democracy
VIII. European Union - Toward a European Super State? |