Online Courses Handbook 2003

7934 (v.5) Politics 224 - Introduction to Comparative Politics - Emergence of the Modern State

Area:	School of Social Sciences
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s):	9825 (v.5) Politics 324 - Introduction to Comparative Politics - Emergence of the Modern State
Prerequisite(s):	2722 (v.4) Politics 111 - Australia's Government and Constitution - Workings of a Liberal Democracy or any previous version AND 2723 (v.4) Politics 112 - Australia - Political Ideas and Traditions, World Politics - Comparing Experiences or any previous version
Introduction to comparative politics. An exploration of the method and uses of comparative analysis in explaining the emergence of democratic and non democratic states. Focus is on revolutions and the difference between liberal democratic, facist and communist routes to the modern world, as well as the varying success of social democratic politics within modern liberal democracies.