2020/21

PO132 module provides an introduction to the study of world politics through the eyes of comparative politics scholars. It offers a broad overview of substantive questions such as states and political regimes, democracy, authoritarianism, revolutions, nationalism, and migration. It delves deeper into how these macro-phenomena affect the micro-politics of state institutions such as governments and parliaments, parties and elections, grassroots movements and referendums, and others. While comparative politics is classically the study of domestic politics within states, this course considers also international dimensions such as monitoring of elections and democracy promotion. It further innovates by integrating a transnational dimension, showing how states reach out politically to their citizens and diasporas abroad, thereby rendering comparative politics extraterritorial.