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Basissem Analyse und Vergleich politischer Systeme

Instructors: Linda Biester; Dr. Johannes Keßler; Dr. Christoph Wagner
Shortname: Basisseminar AVPS
Course No.: 02.129.051
Course Type: Seminar

Recommended reading list

Caramani, Daniel (ed.) (2020): Comparative Politics, 5. ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Clark, William Roberts/Golder, Matt/Golder, Sona Nadenicheck (eds.) (2018): Comparative Politics, 3. ed., SAGE: Los Angeles.
Lauth, Hans-Joachim (ed.) (2010): Vergleichende Regierungslehre. Eine Einführung, Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag (3., aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage; 1. Auflage 2002).

Contents

This is an introductory course to "Comparative Politics" covering research questions, concepts, theories, and methods of comparative politics as well as empirical studies in the field. This includes, inter alia, typologies of political systems, types of democracies, research on democratization and democracy as well as on political culture. Moreover, the course introduces students to the logic of theory-guided empirical research, with a focus on methods of comparison. The course complements the lecture “Introduction to Comparative Politics”.

Courses in small groups

Basissem Analyse und Vergleich politischer Systeme A

Basissem Analyse und Vergleich politischer Systeme B

Basissem Analyse und Vergleich politischer Systeme C

Basissem Analyse und Vergleich politischer Systeme D

Basissem Analyse und Vergleich politischer Systeme E

Basissem Analyse und Vergleich politischer Systeme F