Lecture Schedule and Readings

WEEK ONE – COURSE INTRODUCTION & SYLLABUS DISCUSSION

Introduction to Comparative Politics- Concepts & theories

·      Newton, Kenneth &Jan W. Van Deth (2nd Edition). 2010. Foundations of Comparative Politics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pages 1-10 (Referred as Newton & Deth in Readings)

·      Collier, David. 1993.The Comparative Method. Political Science: The State of the Discipline II.ed. Ada Finifter. Washington, D.C.: American Political Science Association.105-119.

 

WEEK TWO – THE STATE: ORIGINS & DEVELOPMENT

·      Newton & Deth (pages 11-67)

·      Krasner, Stephen. 1988. Sovereignty: An Institutional Perspective. Comparative Political Studies. 21(1):66-94.

·      Rotberg, Robert. 2002. Failed States in a World of Terror. Foreign Affairs. 81(4):127-140.

 

WEEK THREE – POLITY: STRUCTURES & INSTITUTIONS

·      Newton & Deth (pages 69 – 104)

·      Dahl, Robert A. 2005. What Political Institutions Does Large-Scale Democracy Require? Political Science Quarterly. 120(2): 187-197.

 

WEEK FOUR – MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNMENT

·      Newton & Deth (pages 105-133)

 

WEEK FIVE – POLICY MAKING & LEGISLATING

·      Newton & Deth (pages134-151)

 

WEEK SIX – IMPLEMENTATION

·      Newton & Deth (pages 152-168)

 

WEEK SEVEN – POLITICAL ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOUR

·      Newton & Deth (pages 171-197)

·      State of Democracy in South Asia - https://youtu.be/Cgs8EzLEucg

 

WEEK EIGHT – PRESSURE GROUPS, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND MASS MEDIA

·      Newton & Deth (pages 198-244)

 

WEEK NINE - VOTERS & ELECTIONS

·      Newton & Deth (pages 245-267)

·      Putnam, Robert D. 1995.Tuning In, Tuning Out: The Strange Disappearance of Social Capital in America. Political Science and Politics. 28(4): 664-683.

 

WEEK TEN – PARTY GOVERNMENT

·      Newton & Deth (pages 268-288)

 

WEEK ELEVEN – DECISION MAKING

·      Newton & Deth (pages 315-336)

 

WEEK TWELVE- GLOBALIZATION & WELFARE STATE

·      Newton & Deth (pages 360-399)

Development & Globalization

·      Bhagwati, Jagdish. Coping with Anti-Globalization.From In Defense of Globalization.

·      Ferguson, Niall. 2005.Sinking Globalization. Foreign Affairs. 84(2): 64-77.

 

WEEK THIRTEEN- CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS 

·      TBD

 

WEEK FOURTEEN – REVIEW WEEK

·      Newton & Deth (pages 400-415)