POL 1010

TUTORIAL 4

WHAT IS COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT?

LECTURE

 

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION:

  1. HOW HAS THE STUDY OF COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT CHANGED OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS?
  2. WHAT SHOULD WE COMPARE: SIMILAR SYSTEMS OR DIFFERENT ONES?
  3. WHAT SHOULD WE COMPARE? INSTITUTIONS OR PROCESSES?
  4. DOES IT HELP TO HAVE THEORIES LIKE STRUCTURAL-FUNCTIONALISM? [GABRIEL ALMOND'S APPROACH]

 

START WITH THE FIRST AND LAST CHAPTER OF THE TEXT BOOK [HAGUE, HARRAP AND BRESLIN]

THERE ARE LOTS OF BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY AT 320.3. TRY AND LOOK AT ONE FROM THE 1960S AND COMPARE IT WITH A MORE RECENT ONE. WHY ARE THE THEMES DIFFERENT?

 

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