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Reading
(workbook) |
PSC 302 Comparative Government:
Topic
(students' outlines) |
Speakers |
Session 1
W 1 June |
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Introductions
Explanation of syllabus and
timetable
Explanation of requirements
& study group
Approaches to Comparative
Politics [Lecture]
Regional, National, Global
and Cultural.
Formal and informal; national
and supranational institutions.
Nation states and Non-Governmental
Organizations.
Statics and Dynamics; Measurement. |
Dr. L. |
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Hauss |
Outline of Chapter,
from Comparative Government.:
3: "The
Industrialized Democracies." (2003) |
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| Session 2 |
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Comparing Institutions |
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| W 8 June |
Steiner |
author's introduction. |
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Steiner
1 |
Parties |
Michelle
Marianna |
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Steiner
2 |
Parliamentary
Election Systems |
Brian
Kenny |
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videos |
House of Commons: Prime
Minister's Question Time. Mrs. Thatcher, Mr. Major, Mr. Blair. |
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Steiner
3 |
Cabinet Formation &
Heads of State |
Adrienne |
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Steiner
4 |
Courts
& Constitutional Judicial Review |
Patricia |
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Steiner
5 |
Federalism
& Referendum; |
Gary |
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Comparing Advanced Nation
States: A Beginning |
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Session 3
W 15 June |
Wilson, Part II |
BRITAIN
(Origins of much US political
culture and institutions) | |
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MAPS: Low-res
| Hi-res | Transport:
Low-res | Hi | Roman
Brit |
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Curtis v.1
[Table] |
James
I on the divine right of kings.
Hobbes
Locke
Burke |
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documentary
video excerpts |
John
Major interview.
Bomb Squad. (Terrorism
versus the State).
Elizabeth R;
Royal
Family |
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audiotape /CD
article NEW |
Churchill's Wartime speeches:
leadership.
Lewis quoted 8 July '05 in
newspaper article
about the London bombings. |
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| Session 4 |
Steiner
6 |
State
and Economic Interest Groups |
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| W 22 June* |
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Comparing Movements &
Processes |
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| Study Group |
Steiner
7 |
New
Social Movements & Churches. |
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Steiner
8 |
Decision
Process & Policy Outcomes. |
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Steiner
9 |
History
of the Rise & Fall of Communism |
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| Session 5 |
Test |
cumulative essay test, paper
supplied, one hour |
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| W 29 June |
Wilson, Part III
Curtis v.2
documentary
speech |
FRANCE
Rousseau
Paine
De
Gaulle & Spirit of France.
[Notes 2] [Slides]
French
Ambassador: French cooperation with US (AWAC, Dec. '04) |
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Session 6
W 6 July |
Curtis v.2 |
Socialism, Markets, and
Nationalism.
Marx
Lenin
Trotsky |
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Steiner
10 |
Democratization
and Marketization. |
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Steiner
11 |
Nationalism
&
Ethnicity in Europe |
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Steiner
12 |
Power
Sharing in Multiethnic Societies |
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| Session 7 |
Historic Maps |
Supra-National
Institutions and Federalism |
MAPS |
| W 13 July |
Steiner
13 |
History
& Institutions of European Union. |
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Steiner
14 |
Policies
of European Union. |
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Steiner
15 |
What
New Order for Europe? |
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Wilson, Part I p.1-5
Wilson, Part VI |
INTRODUCTION:
Triumph of Democracy?
A
NEW EUROPE?  |
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Documentary
Lecture |
New
Europeans. Two of five part series.
[Slides]
The Development of the EU
[PPT, slow] [HTM
slides] |
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Comparing Advanced Nation
States: Continued |
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| Session 8 |
Wilson, Part IV |
GERMANY |
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W 20 July*
Study Group |
Curtis v.1 |
German church-state relations:
the reformation
Luther
Calvin |
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Curtis v.2 |
German notions of leadership:
C19th and C20th
Nietzsche
Hitler |
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Session 9
W 27 July*
Study Group |
Wilson, Part V
Curtis v.1
Wilson, Part VII |
ITALY
Machiavelli
CONCLUSION:
Challenges to Democracy, & Strengths |
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Session 10
W 3 Aug |
Castle & Sainsbury |
Mediterranean
politics as a type. [Lecture]
(Spain, MAPS) 
(Greece)
Scandinavian politics as
a type. [Lecture] [MAPS]
"Scandinavia: the Politics
of Stability" article
[Student
notes] 
[Negin
Ahmadi, presentation notes.] |
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| W 3 Aug |
FINAL EXAM
Paper Due: |
Comprehensive, in last class
session
15-20 pages, proper organization
& APSA citation style. |
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