Comparative+World+Government

THIS CONTENT HAS BEEN CREATED TO SUPPORT THE MHS __**"COMPARATIVE WORLD GOVERNMENT"**__ COURSE.

**__COURSE OUTLINE__**
= I. Introduction to Comparative Politics =   1. Why/ways to organize government  2. Normative and empirical questions  C.  Process and policy (what is politics; purpose of government; what is political science/comparative; common policy challenges)  **  = II. Sovereignty, Authority, and Power =  C.  Supranational governance (e.g., European Union)  D.  Sources of power <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> E.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Constitutions (forms, purposes, application) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> F.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Regime types <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> G.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Types of economic systems <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> H.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">State building, legitimacy and stability <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> I.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Belief systems as sources of legitimacy ** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 1. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Religion <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 2. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Ideology ( liberalism, communism, socialism, conservatism, fascism) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> ** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> =<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> III. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Political Institutions = <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> **A. ** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">**Levels of government** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 1. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Supranational/national/regional/local <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 2. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Unitary/federal <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 3. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Centralization/decentralization <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 1. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Single or dual <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 2. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">President <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 3. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Prime minister <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 1. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Unicameral/bicameral (symmetric/asymmetric) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 2. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Organization <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 3. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Membership (representation) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 1. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Institutional relations <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 1. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Presidential <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 2. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Parliamentary <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 3. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Referendums <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 4. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Noncompetitive <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 1. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Proportional representation <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 2. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Single member district (plurality, majority runoff) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> **H.**  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">**Party systems** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> K.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Bureaucracies <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> L.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Military and other coercive institutions <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> M.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Judiciaries ** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 1. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Degrees of autonomy <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 2. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Judicial review (including European Union in relation to states, citizens) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 3. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Types of law <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> =<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> IV. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Citizens, Society and the State = <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> B.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Civil society <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> C.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Media roles <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> D.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Political participation (forms/modes/trends) including political violence <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> E.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Social movements <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> F.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Citizenship and social representation <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> ** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> =<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> V.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Political and Economic Change = <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> B.  **<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">**Trends and types of political change (including democratization)** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 1. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Components <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 2. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Promoting or inhibiting factors <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 3. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Consequences <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> **C. ** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">**Trends and types of economic change (including privatization)** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 1. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Components <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 2. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Promoting or inhibiting factors <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 3. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Consequences <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> E.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Globalization and fragmentation: interlinked economies, global culture, reactions against globalization, regionalism <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> ** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> =<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> VI. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Public Policy = <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 1. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Economic performance <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 2. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Social welfare (e.g., education, health, poverty) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 3. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Civil liberties, rights and freedoms <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 4. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Environment <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 5. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Population and migration <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 6. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Economic development <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 1. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Domestic <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 2. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">International
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> A.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Purpose and methods of comparison and classification **
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> B.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Concepts (state, nation, regime, government)
 * A. ** **A Political culture, communication and socialization**
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> B.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Nations and states
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> J.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Governance and accountability
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> B.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Executives (head of state, head of government, cabinets) **
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> C.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Legislatures **
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> D.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Parliamentary and presidential systems **
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> E.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Elections **
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> F.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Electoral systems **
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> G.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Political parties (organization, membership, institutionalization, ideological position) **
 * I. Leadership and elite recruitment**
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> J.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Interest groups and interest group systems
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> A.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Cleavages and politics (ethnic, racial, class, gender, religious, regional)
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> A.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Revolution, coups and war
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> D.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Relationship between political and economic change
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> A.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Common policy issues **
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> B.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Factors influencing public policymaking and implementation **