Spring 2025

POLSCI 136B 001 - LEC 001

Advanced Comparative Politics

Steve Fish

Jan 21, 2025 - May 09, 2025

Mo, We

06:30 pm - 07:59 pm

Social Sciences Building 166

Class #:34037

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Charles & Louise Travers Dept of Political Science

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 13

Enrolled: 41

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 54

Waitlist Max: 4

Open Reserved Seats:0

Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 8 hours of outside work hours per week, and 1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.

Final Exam

FRI, MAY 16TH

03:00 pm - 06:00 pm

Social Sciences Building 166

This course provides a deep dive into comparative political science. It takes the form of a “great books” course that focuses on outstanding, recently published texts. We will investigate how the authors formulated their research questions, conducted their field research, developed their causal explanations, found inspiration to persevere, and dealt with methodological challenges. We will also delve into the substantive issues that the books tackle, which include some of the most urgent issues in global politics. Each book we will study is an exemplary, inspiring work, and taken together the texts cover a vast range of substantive topics and geographical regions.