PSCI 440
Senior Seminar in Comparative Politics: The State
Last Offered Spring 2009
Division II
Cross-listed
This course is not offered in the current catalog

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Everybody talks about “The State,” but what do they mean? What is the state? Where do states get their authority and power? Where do they come from and why do some states collapse while others survive? Why are some states strong and others weak? And, really, what does it mean to call a state “strong” or “weak”? Should political science in general and comparative politics in particular even use states as the central unit of analysis? What do political scientists see and, perhaps more important, what do they miss by this focus on states? This senior seminar examines a variety of definitions and perspectives on the state.
The Class: Format: seminar
Limit: 15
Expected: 13
Class#: 3593
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: readings, two literature reviews presented in class, and one research paper
Prerequisites: Political Science 201 or 202 or 203 or 204 or permission of the instructor
Enrollment Preferences: senior Political Science majors with concentration in Comparative Politics
Distributions: Division II
Notes: This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
PSCI 440 Division II
Attributes: PSCI Comparative Politics Courses

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