POLI 201 Comparative Government
The purpose of this course is to explore the relationship between politics and state structure in a variety of political settings. The course will be structured around four emerging political developments: globalization, the emergence of post-communist states, the rise of the neoliberal state in the developing world, and the growth of oppositional movements such as anti-globalism, anarchism, and cultural nationalism in response. Students will examine a number of different forms of government, will assess the strengths and weaknesses of each, and will investigate the impact of cultural context on political ideas and institutions.
Prerequisite
Eligible to enroll in
ENGL 121
Hours Weekly
3 hours weekly
Course Objectives
- Summarize critically the characteristics of a variety of different types of national government
and the major issues that drive politics in a number of different national settings. - Analyze critically major issues of comparative government and politics, identify their
assumptions, explore contrasting positions, and arrive at their own positions on these issues. - Use and evaluate the methods of political science to assess evidence on issues involving
government and politics. - Apply political theory and research to controversies in comparative government or politics to
draw conclusions about resolving them. - Analyze the typical state forms in the advanced capitalist democracies and demonstrate how
they have been transformed by the globalization process.
- Explore the nature of emerging post-communist states.
- Explain the relationship between globalization and neoliberalism in the developing countries.
- Analyze the emerging political critiques of globalization including anti-globalism, anarchism,
green politics, subcultural nationalism, and neo-fascism. - Formulate specific, unified, and concise theories through writing that demonstrate an understanding of political science thinking.
Course Objectives
- Summarize critically the characteristics of a variety of different types of national government
and the major issues that drive politics in a number of different national settings.
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Case Study/Reader/ Workbook essays
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
- Analyze critically major issues of comparative government and politics, identify their
assumptions, explore contrasting positions, and arrive at their own positions on these issues.
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Case Study/Reader/ Workbook essays
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
- Use and evaluate the methods of political science to assess evidence on issues involving
government and politics.
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Portfilio
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
- Apply political theory and research to controversies in comparative government or politics to
draw conclusions about resolving them.
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Portfolio
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
- Analyze the typical state forms in the advanced capitalist democracies and demonstrate how
they have been transformed by the globalization process.
This objective is a course Goal Only
- Explore the nature of emerging post-communist states.
This objective is a course Goal Only
- Explain the relationship between globalization and neoliberalism in the developing countries.
This objective is a course Goal Only
- Analyze the emerging political critiques of globalization including anti-globalism, anarchism,
green politics, subcultural nationalism, and neo-fascism.This objective is a course Goal Only
- Formulate specific, unified, and concise theories through writing that demonstrate an understanding of political science thinking.