Comparative Politics (2225.YR.015274.1)

General information

Type:	OPT	Curs:	2,3	Period:	S semester
ECTS Credits:	2 ECTS

Teaching Staff:

Group	Teacher	Department	Language
Year 2	Daniel Rajmil Bonet	Derecho	ENG

Group	Teacher	Department	Language
Year 3	Daniel Rajmil Bonet	Derecho	ENG

There are no specific requirements. However, research methods knowledge and political science introductory courses can be an asset to this course.

Final assessment (40%)
RESEARCH OR POLICY CONSULTANCY report (ca 3000 words).
Continuous assessment (60%)
-There will be 3 practical workshops (seminars) during the term. Each of them will count for
the 20% of the continuous assessment part. In order to complete this part, the student must
attend at least 2 out of the 3 practical seminars.

This course aims to teach students with the main concepts, theories, and evidence in the field
of comparative politics. Concepts ranging from nation-state, democracy and authoritarianism,
social revolutions, political economy, violence, political culture, institutions, and civil society
will be reviewed in a comparative approach. The course main goal is to provide students with
the analytical knowledge and practical skills to understand comparative politics and policy
worldwide.  Students will learn from different world regions through the use of comparative
politics lenses.

GENERAL COMPETENCES:
Ability to analyze and synthesize
Interpersonal skills development
Project design and management.
TRANSVERSAL COMPETENCES:
Identify and critically analyze gender inequality and its
intersection with other axes of inequality.
SPECIFIC COMPETENCES:
Identify the main Political Science theories and approaches
Analyze the structure and functioning of political systems.
Examine the fundamentals of comparative politics.
To understand an apply contemporary political theories and their arguments.
To interpret the historical dimension of political and social processes.
To apply the methods and techniques of political and social research.

1. Contents 1- Methods in comparative politics 2- Democratic and autocratic regimes. 3- Transitions and revolutions 4- Electoral systems, institutions and party systems 5- Civil society organizations 6- Welfare state and political economy

During the course theory lectures will be offered in order to overview the main concepts and
theories of the course. Students are encouraged to participate and debate within each of the
sessions. In addition some of the sessions will be reserved to work the theory concepts and
theories but from an empirical point of view. Therefore, during the workshops the students
will work both individually and in groups to cover the course content and do some exercises
and work projects.

Beverly Milton-Edwards (2018) Comparative Politics in the Middle East, John
Wiley & Sons
Clark, W., Matt Golder, Sona N. Golder (2009) Principles of Comparative
Politics Washington: CQ Press
Daniele Caramani (2008) Comparative Politics New York: Oxford University
Press
Donatella Della Porta and Michael Keating (2008; 2010) Approaches and
Methodologies in the Social Science: A Pluralist Perspective.Cambridge
University Press.
Ellen Lust (2013), The Middle East, Thirteenth Edition , Washington: CQ Press.
Edward Said (1978), Orientalism, Pantheon Books
Bibliografia recomanada
Newton, Kenneth (2010) Foundation of Comparative Politics: Democracies of
Modern World. Cambridge, New York; Cambridge University Press
The Sage Handbook of Comparative Politics (2009) London: Sage
Clark, W. (2009) Principles of Comparative Politics Washington: CQ Press
Comparative Politics (2008) New York: Oxford University Press
Landman, Todd (2008) Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics: an
introduction
Mahler, G. (2008) Comparative Politics: An institutional and cross-national
approach Pearson: Prentice Hall
The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics (2007) Oxford University Press
Newton, K. (2005) Foundations of Comparative Politics: democracies of the
modern world. Cambridge University Press
Boulder, W. (2002) New Directions in Comparative Politics, Westview,
3 rd  edition
Theen, Rolf H. W. (2001) Comparative Politics: An Introduction to seven
countries. Prentice Hall
Comparative Politics: the problem of equivalence (1998) London: Routledge
Peters, B. Guy (1998) Comparative Politics: theory and methods. Macmillan
Press
Comparative Politics: rationality, culture, and structure (1997) Cambridge
University Press
Wilson, Frank L. (1996) Concepts and Issues in Comparative Politics: an
introduction to comparative analysis. Prentice Hall
Mayer, Lawrence (1996) Comparative Politics: Nations and Theories in a
Changing World. Prentice Hall
Lane, Ruth (1997) The Art of Comparative Politics. Prentice Hall. Boston: Allyn
and Bacon
Kamrava, Mehran (1996) Understanding Comparative Politics: A Framework for
Analysis. Routledge
Lane, Jan-Erik (1994) Comparative Politics: an introduction and new
approach Cambridge: Polity Press
Journals:
Comparative Political Studies
Comparative Politics
World Politics
American Journal of Political Science
American Political Science Review
Journal of Democracy
Politics and Society
Comparative European Politics
Middle East Studies
European Journal of Political Science
European Journal of Political Review

Group	Teacher	Department
Year 2	Daniel Rajmil Bonet	Derecho

Group	Teacher	Department
Year 3	Daniel Rajmil Bonet	Derecho