This is an advanced and through course in comparative politics, focusing on different theories and
methods in the field of comparative politics including the rational choice,
cultural and institutional approaches.
The course offers a comprehensive and focused analyses
to issues and problems in comparative politics, including comparing political systems, political development,
democracy and democratization, system and state, political culture and
political economy, class and elite.
In addition, the courses analyze in depth theories of
modernization and post -modernization and globalization. Parties and parties
systems, election and electoral systems, political leadership, public policies
and policy making