- Course Code :
PSC 200
- Level :
Undergraduate
- Course Hours :
3.00
Hours
- Department :
Department of Public Administration
Instructor information :
Area of Study :
This course portrays an introduction to the analysis of comparative politics. It introduces a theoretical framework of up-to-date approaches and methodologies used in analyzing political systems comparatively. Fundamentally, the course covers the functions and structure of the state, through studying the relationship between the executive, legislative and judicial authorities in the different forms of political systems; this being either the parliamentary, presidential or semi-presidential systems. This is whilst focusing on the different tiers of government, the media in politics, interest and pressure groups and political parties in the context of the political system. Additionally, in light of the Arab Revolutions, the course tackles theories on uprising, revolutions and democratic transitions in different political systems.
Course Goals:
• Address the prime approaches used today in studying political system;
• Provide a thorough understanding of a wide range of concepts associated with the regional, international and domestic political affairs such as state, government systems;
• Analyze how different practices by political systems of different natures, can have regional and international influences, in particular the position of the Arab region, while keeping Egypt at the center of attention.
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This course portrays an introduction to the analysis of comparative politics. It introduces a theoretical framework of up-to-date approaches and methodologies used in analyzing political systems comparatively. Fundamentally, the course covers the functions and structure of the state, through studying the relationship between the executive, legislative and judicial authorities in the different forms of political systems; this being either the parliamentary, presidential or semi-presidential systems. This is whilst focusing on the different tiers of government, the media in politics, interest and pressure groups and political parties in the context of the political system. Additionally, in light of the Arab Revolutions, the course tackles theories on uprising, revolutions and democratic transitions in different political systems.
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Books:
Recommended books :
Charles Hauss, Melissa Haussman, Comparative Politics: Domestic Responses to Global Challenges, Cengage Learning, 2012.
Danielle Caramani, Comparative Politics, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2014.
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