Course Details
Country:
Hong Kong
Institution:
City University of Hong Kong
Course Title:
Comparative Politics and Societies
Course Number:
AIS2050
Course Description:
"The course introduces students to the comparative study of politics and societies worldwide. While it is typical for introductory courses in comparative politics to follow a descriptive, country-by-country approach . . . this course takes a more thematic approach, exploring some of the major explanatory questions that form the subject of real-world, comparative research in the social sciences. . . . Why are some countries democratic, while others are still ruled by despotic, authoritarian regimes? How do political institutions develop over time? How do political institutions affect a country’s political life, its stability, and its prosperity? Can certain desirable outcomes be “engineered” through the design of the right institutions? What explains the intensity of the inter-group conflicts that define a country’s politics? . . . These questions—and others like them—will be tackled as part of this course’s wide-ranging introduction to the study of comparative politics and societies."
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
GOVT 444, GOVT 398
Attachment Files:
AIS2050.pdf
