POLI-201 Comparative Government

Students will be able to compare and contrast the political, military, social, and economic characteristics of governments in three different environments. They are: nations in transition (developing Third World States to be selected in class); countries in a western democratic setting (United States, Britain and France) and post Cold War communist governments. Students will also be able to examine and evaluate modern political thought and ideologies such as rational philosophies; liberal and conservative doctrines; socialistic and Marxist ideologies; Fascism, anarchism, terrorism, and nationalism.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENGL-121

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. 1. Summarize critically the characteristics of a variety of different types of national government
   and the major issues that drive politics in a number of different national settings.
2. 2. Analyze critically major issues of comparative government and politics, identify their
   assumptions, explore contrasting positions, and arrive at their own positions on these issues.
3. 3. Use and evaluate the methods of political science to assess evidence on issues involving
   government and politics.
4. 4. Apply political theory and research to controversies in comparative government or politics to
   draw conclusions about resolving them.
5. 5. Analyze the typical state forms in the advanced capitalist democracies and demonstrate how
   they have been transformed by the globalization process.
   
6. 6. Explore the nature of emerging post-communist states.
   
7. 7. Explain the relationship between globalization and neoliberalism in the developing countries.
   
8. 8. Analyze the emerging political critiques of globalization including anti-globalism, anarchism,
   green politics, subcultural nationalism, and neo-fascism.

Course Objectives

1. 1. Summarize critically the characteristics of a variety of different types of national government
   and the major issues that drive politics in a number of different national settings.
2. 2. Analyze critically major issues of comparative government and politics, identify their
   assumptions, explore contrasting positions, and arrive at their own positions on these issues.
3. 3. Use and evaluate the methods of political science to assess evidence on issues involving
   government and politics.
4. 4. Apply political theory and research to controversies in comparative government or politics to
   draw conclusions about resolving them.
5. 5. Analyze the typical state forms in the advanced capitalist democracies and demonstrate how
   they have been transformed by the globalization process.
   
6. 6. Explore the nature of emerging post-communist states.
   
7. 7. Explain the relationship between globalization and neoliberalism in the developing countries.
   
8. 8. Analyze the emerging political critiques of globalization including anti-globalism, anarchism,
   green politics, subcultural nationalism, and neo-fascism.