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Intro Comparative Politics (POS 205)
Term: 2011-2012 Fall Semester
Tue-Thu, 11:00 AM - 12:25 PM (8/29/2011 - 12/17/2011) Location: CMCC LPC 216 Tue-Thu, 11:00 AM - 12:25 PM (10/27/2011 - 11/8/2011) Location: CMCC LPC 215
POS 205 Introduction to Comparative Politics3 Credits (3 Lecture 0 Lab 0 Shop)3 Hrs/Wk (3 Hrs. Lecture) *15 wksThis course offers a broad, comparative introduction to the structure and function of national political systems, with an emphasis on the structural and function attributes that distinguish democracies from non-democracies, and that distinguish different types of democracies and nondemocracies from each other. Additional substantive areas to be analyzed include the global environment, the social sources of power, the economic sources of power, demand, support and decision-making, system maintenance, force and military intervention and violence and political change.