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Course ID: | INTL 3300. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Introduction to Comparative Politics | Course Description: | Comparative political themes in political science. The transition
from feudalism to capitalism, state building, democracy, and
interaction between political institutions and cultures in
various politics. Examples will be drawn from developed,
communist/post-communist and developing political systems. | Oasis Title: | Intro to Comparative Politics | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 3300E, INTL 3300H | Prerequisite: | POLS 1101 or POLS 1101E or POLS 1101H or POLS 1101S or INTL 1100 or INTL 1100E or INTL 1100H | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course Objectives: | At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to do
the following: Describe and critique the major approaches to
the study of comparative politics; explain how these approaches
help us understand important aspects in comparative politics
including democracy and democratization, political institutions
and parties, the relationship of states to markets; political
culture, ethnicity and migration. Finally, students will work
with comparative methodologies and approaches and examine two
or more countries in the light of various political theories;
and compare two or more themes and/or functions across
countries. In doing so they will learn more than by studying
these countries or themes separately. | Topical Outline: | Foundations of Comparative Politics
Formation of States and Nations
Industrialization and Democratization
Revolutions and Political Transformation
Comparative Legal Systems
Domestic Institutions and Political Parties
Comparative Elections and Electoral Politics
Environmental Politics | |
Course ID: | INTL 3300E. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Introduction to Comparative Politics |
Course Description: | Comparative political themes in political science. The transition from feudalism to capitalism, state-building, democracy, and interaction between political institutions and cultures in various politics. Examples will be drawn from developed, communist/post-communist, and developing political systems. |
Oasis Title: | Intro to Comparative Politics |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 3300, INTL 3300H |
Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
Prerequisite: | POLS 1101 or POLS 1101E or POLS 1101H or POLS 1101S or INTL 1100 or INTL 1100E or INTL 1100H |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to do the following: Describe and critique the major approaches to the study of comparative politics; explain how these approaches help us understand important aspects in comparative politics, including democracy and democratization, political institutions and parties, the relationship of states to markets; political culture, ethnicity, and migration. Finally, students will work with comparative methodologies and approaches and examine two or more countries in the light of various political theories and compare two or more themes and/or functions across countries. In doing so they will learn more than by studying these countries or themes separately. |
Topical Outline: | Foundations of Comparative Politics
Formation of States and Nations
Industrialization and Democratization
Revolutions and Political Transformation
Comparative Legal Systems
Domestic Institutions and Political Parties
Comparative Elections and Electoral Politics
Environmental Politics |
Honor Code Reference: | The academic honesty policy of the university is supplemented (not replaced) by an Honor Code which was adopted by the Student Government Association and approved by the University Council May 1, 1997, and provides: "I will be academically honest in all of my academic work and will not tolerate academic dishonesty of others." All students agree to abide by this code by signing the UGA Admissions Application. |
Course ID: | INTL 3300H. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Introduction to Comparative Politics (Honors) |
Course Description: | Comparative political themes in political science. The transition from feudalism to capitalism, state building, democracy, and interaction between political institutions and cultures in various polities. Examples will be drawn from Global North/Global South political systems. |
Oasis Title: | Intro to Comp Politics Honors |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 3300, INTL 3300E |
Prerequisite: | Permission of Honors |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to do the following:
Describe and critique the major approaches to the study of comparative politics; explain how these approaches help us understand important aspects of comparative politics, including democracy and democratization, political institutions and parties, the relationship of states to markets; and political culture, ethnicity, and migration.
Finally, students will work with comparative methodologies and approaches and examine two or more countries in the light of various political theories; and compare two or more themes and/or functions across countries. In doing so they will learn more than by studying these countries or themes separately. |
Topical Outline: | Foundations of Comparative Politics
Formation of States and Nations
Industrialization and Democratization
Revolutions and Political Transformation
Comparative Legal Systems
Domestic Institutions and Political Parties
Comparative Elections and Electoral Politics
Environmental Politics |
Course ID: | INTL 4300. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Comparative Political Institutions |
Course Description: | The historical, political, and cultural origins and consequences
of political institutions, with emphasis on societal outcomes. |
Oasis Title: | Comparative Pol Institutions |
Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with the
both the origins and consequences of political institutions.
Students will explore why there is such a variety of institutions
observable, and what the differential effects are of such
institutions. At the end of the semester students should be able
to understand how institutions shape outcomes and the historical,
structural, and cultural factors that contribute to the creation
of these institutions. |
Topical Outline: | 1) What are political institutions?
a) Formal and informal political institutions
2) Differences and similarities between American and European
political institutions
3) The historical preconditions of institution-building.
a) Nation building in Europe
b) Nation building in the United States of America
c) Transplanting political institutions: nation building in
the "Third World"
4) Major forms of political institutions:
a) Presidentialism vs. parliamentarism
b) Turning votes into seats: the variety of electoral systems
c) Parliaments: how many chambers?
d) Federalism vs. Unitarism
e) Citizen empowerment: referenda and plebiscites
5) Do institutions matter?
a) The effect of institutions on political representation
b) The effect of institutions on macro-economic outcomes
c) The effect of institutions on equality and well-being
d) Other effects of institutions |
Course ID: | INTL 6300. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Comparative Analysis and Method |
Course Description: | Comparative approaches to political science. The transition from feudalism to capitalism, state building, and the interaction between political institutions and cultures in various polities. Methods and approaches investigated include structuralism, functionalism, culturalist perspectives, rational choice, institutionalist frameworks, and the perennial issue of what constitutes the "state." |
Oasis Title: | Comparative Analysis Method |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 6350 |
Semester Course Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | Students will understand the basic approaches in comparative
politics, such as functionalism, structuralism, rational
choice, institutionalism, cultural approaches, and others. They
will gain a deeper understanding on how to use the comparative
method to make persuasive theoretical arguments. Finally, they
will be taught how to craft research papers combining the
reigning appraoches in comparative politics with the
methdological principles contained in the comparative method. |
Topical Outline: | 1) The founding fathers of comparative politics
2) Structuralism
3) Functionalism
4) Culturalism
5) Rational Choice
6) Institutionalism
7) The resurgence of the "state"
8) The comparative method
9) Comparative political institutions
10) Comparative political economy |
Course ID: | INTL 8300. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. |
Course Title: | Selected Topics in Comparative Politics |
Course Description: | Research oriented seminar of both the substance and method of selected topics in comparative politics, with an emphasis on theory, analysis, and praxis. Topics selected by the instructor vary from semester to semester. |
Oasis Title: | TOPICS COMP POL |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 8300 |
Semester Course Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | This course will train students in critically analyzing the
central arguments posed in comparative politics. It will provide
an opportunity to prepare advanced research papers that are both
theoretically as well as methodologically sophisticated and might
serve as a basis for later submission of such papers to peer
reviewed journals in the field. |
Topical Outline: | Topics will vary depending on instructor but may include themes
such as the European Union, globalization, social capital,
comparative political institutions, comparative political
economy, and other such topics. |
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