2025 Fall POLSCI 204B 001 SEM 001

2025 Fall

POLSCI 204B 001 - SEM 001

Bureaucracy in Comparative Perspective

Christopher K Ansell

Aug 27, 2025 - Dec 12, 2025
Fr
10:00 am - 11:59 am
Social Sciences Building 791
Class #:33574
Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 15
Enrolled: 0
Waitlisted: 4
Capacity: 15
Waitlist Max: 5
Open Reserved Seats:
15 reserved for Political Science: Graduate Students

Hours & Workload

10 hours of outside work hours per week, and 3 hours of student-instructor coverage of course materials per week.

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Course Catalog Description

Adopting a comparative perspective on bureaucracy, this course examines how and why the structures, capacities, effectiveness and accountability of bureaucracies vary significantly in different places and at different times. Why do some administrative organizations become politicized and corrupt while others establish strong meritocratic administration and effective performance? Why do some bureaucracies develop their own power base and become relatively autonomous while others are subject to elaborate political oversight and micro-management? The course will examine these questions in both the global north and the global south.

Rules & Requirements

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Reserved Seats

Reserved Seating For This Term

Current Enrollment

Open Reserved Seats:
15 reserved for Political Science: Graduate Students

Textbooks & Materials

See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.

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