This course in comparative politics examines the development and interaction of political institutions, policy processes, political culture, public opinion, legal settings and theoretical underpinnings of modern democratic governments. Countries of focus vary with instructor, and include governments of Western, Central and Eastern Europe, Canada, Japan and Australia. 5385 Topics in Third World Politics. This course in comparative politics examines the range of political systems of various regions of the Third World, including Latin America, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Themes include the politics of the colonial era, the nature of traditional political systems, modernization and development, political institutionalization, interest groups articulation and participation.
Topics vary by region.
5397 Applied Research Project. Student will prepare a prospectus to include a statement of the problem, research design, specification of data, questions to be answered concerning problem, and a representative bibliography, and submit it to the supervising instructor prior to registration for the course. 5398 Directed Reading and Research. May be repeated once with different emphasis and professor for additional credit. 5399A Thesis .