17.50 Introduction to Comparative Politics, Spring 2014
Author(s)
Lawson, Chappell
Alternative Title
Introduction to Comparative Politics
Date Issued
June 2014
Abstract
This course examines why democracy emerges and survives in some countries rather than in others; how political institutions affect economic development; and how American politics compares to that of other countries.
Subjects
democracy
economic development
politics
Germany
Iraq
Mexico
United States
Middle East
Latin America
Africa
South Asia
East Asia
Greece
Aristotle
foreign affairs
Lee Kuan Yew
democratic institution
social divisions
Federalist Papers
Karl Marx
Communist Party
leadership
polarization
gridlock
Arab Spring
Weimar Republic
imposed sovereignty
Austri
regime breakdown
Brazil
capitalism
industrial policy
women's emancipation
women's suffrage
Athens
the Constitution
reform
presidentialism
federalism
bicameralism
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science
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