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Comparative Politics A summary

Comparative Politics A summary. Jennifer Bailey POL 1000 Fall 2013. Pensum – KP/CP. Sodaro , Michael J. (2008), Comparative Politics : A Global Introduction , 3rd edition . McGraw-Hill Higher Education . Kap : 1-12; 14-21.

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Comparative Politics A summary

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  1. ComparativePoliticsA summary Jennifer Bailey POL 1000 Fall 2013

  2. Pensum – KP/CP • Sodaro, Michael J. (2008), ComparativePolitics: A Global Introduction, 3rd edition. McGraw-Hill HigherEducation. Kap: 1-12; 14-21. • Jørgen Møller (2012), Statsdannelse, regimeforandring og økonomisk udvikling (hele boka) • Heywood, Andrew (2007), PoliticalIdeologies: An Introduction, 5th edition. Palgrave/ Macmillian. Paperback. Kap. 1-5, 7, 10, 12. • 4 articles and chapters

  3. Key ThemesCovered • Ideas and Ideologies – • what is thegoodsociety? (values) • Method – • Empricalknowledge • how do weknowwhatweknow? • The State • thebuildingblockofcomparative and internationalpolitics • Democracy • Our goodsociety • Wheredoes it come from? • Whatdoes it take? • How do we make it work? • Individualcountries

  4. Ideas and Ideologies • What is an ideology? • Packageofbeliefs: How theworldworks, how it shouldwork, and plan of action • Which? • Liberalism, conservatism, socialism, fascism, nationalism, someonfundamentalism, anarchism • How to study: • Focusonpackageofbeliefs • Pure types vs «spinoffs» • Understand basicassumptions • «Tensionsbetween» boxesuseful • «isms» boxes

  5. Method • Boring! Hard to understand! • BUT fundamental & essential • Making and evaulating arguments aboutcausality • Sodero: • Hypothesismaking and testing • Møller • thecomparativemethodwith a few cases • Example: howacademicdebatedevelops • Bailey, Møller and Sodero: thelogicofcomparison and evidence • The languageofmethod (includingbut not limited to): • Theory, cases, causes, causalmechanisms, variables, operationalization, methodsofdifference & agreement, MSSD & MDSD, pathdependency, hypothesis/hypothesis testing

  6. What is thestate? • Weber, Møller, Sodero (Knutsen, Jellinek and internationallaw) • The buildingblockofcomparative and internationalpolitics • The setting for theevoltuionofdemocracy • Møller – varioustheoriesaboutdevelopmentofthestate in Western-central Europe • The importanceof a state SYSTEM • The importanceofwar-making • Feudalism & freecities and thesecularstate • Tilly, Downing, Ertman, Hui • Critical to internationalpolitics and developmentofdemocracy

  7. Democracy • What is Democracy? • Sodero, lectures • Definitions ofdemocracy, ancient and modern • Democraciesvsrepublics • Do we have a democracytoday?

  8. Democracy: Wheredoes it come from? • Møller– theories of development of democracy and captialism in Europe • Hintze, Moore, Bloch, Weber, Møller, Anderson, Møller, Skocpol, etc. • Also in Sodero’s “what does it take?” (implicit) • Implict in the country studies

  9. Democracy: whatdoes it take? • Sodero & lectures • Sodero’s 10 conditions • Extrafocusonculture and civilsociety • The «coconuttheory»: • Candemocracytakeroot just anywhere? • Sodero – Afghanistan and Iraq

  10. Translating Democracy from Ideal to practice • Organization & institutions matter • Reflecthistory • Impactoutcomes • Constituions and verticaldivisionofpower • Confederations, federations and unitarystates • Horizontaldivisionofpower • Executives, Legislatures (electoral systems) (and Judicialbranch) • CivilSociety & Interestgroups

  11. The readingsonindividualcountries • What is thepoint? • Empiricalknowledgeofothercountries • Applyconcepts to individualcountries • Source ofexamples and questions • Yeah, I seethat or • Thatdoesn’tfit!

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