PO221 Lecture Notes - Comparative Literature, Bruce Bueno De Mesquita, Gaetano Mosca
30 Nov 2013
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First two nights you will learn how to study comparative politics. Then examine the modern state because state is focus of most comparative research. Citizenship and identity are either determined by the state or arise in a distance from the state. We look at the modern state and its challenges look at some of the more interesting debates relating to the state today. Majority of case studies will be from the developed countries but we will be contrasting them to how things are done in developing countries. How has this evolved over the years comparative politics has probably changed most out of any over the years. As a comparativist we are interested in a cause and effect relationship. Other words interested in voting behavior why people vote the way they vote (dependent variable) Hypothesis idea of how this relationship might work.
