20270 - COMPARATIVE POLITICS
CLMG - M - IM - MM - AFC - CLAPI - CLEFIN-FINANCE - CLELI - ACME - DES-ESS - EMIT
Course taught in English
Go to class group/s: 31
CARLO SECCHI
The aim of the course is to provide an introduction to the major debates, topics, and methods of comparative politics with a particular focus on contemporary democratization processes. The course is divided in four parts. In the first part, the concepts of state, conflict, liberalism and democracy are addressed and discussed. The second part is devoted to the causes of democratization processes and to the modes of regime transitions. The third part focuses on the effects of democratic reforms. Finally, the forms and the functioning of political institutions in advanced democracies is the object of the fourth part of the course.
- State, conflict and democracy
- Democracy: concepts and operationalization
- Democratization: main causes and modes of transition
- The effects of democratic reforms
- Democratic reforms in Latin America, Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa
- Political institutions in advanced democracies
- Presentazione orale (o paper, massimo 5.000 parole): 30% del voto finale
- Esame scritto (60 minuti): 70% del voto finale
Coursepack (disponibile presso MASTERCOPY, Via Sarfatti, 1 - dal 1 febbraio 2011)