Online Courses Handbook 2003

9825 (v.5) Politics 324 - Introduction to Comparative Politics - Emergence of the Modern State

Area:	School of Social Sciences
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	50.0
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s):	7934 (v.5) Politics 224 - Introduction to Comparative Politics - Emergence of the Modern State
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, plus a major research project.